TRIM SIZE 174X247MM EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF BOTANY E D VOLUME 77 , NO. 1 ( 2020 ) I N B U CONTENTS R G A taxonomic revision of Globba sect. Nudae subsect. Mediocalcaratae (Zingiberaceae) H S. SangvirotJanapat, J. DenDuangBoriphant & m. f. neWman 1 Are lichen growth form categories supported by continuous functional traits: water-holding JO AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT capacity and specific thallus mass? U SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY S. Wan & c. J. elliS 65 R Out of the frying pan into the fire: the community structure of epiphytes in Brazilian savanna N after the passage of fire l. menini neto, a. c. maraDini, f. r. moura, p. lima & S. g. furtaDo 77 AL VOLUME 77 , No. 1 A new species of Diastema (Gesneriaceae) from the eastern Andean slopes of Peru J. l. clarK & p. W. moonlight 89 O The importance of heterogeneity of habitats for the species richness of vascular epiphytes in F remnants of Brazilian montane seasonal semideciduous forest B D. e. f. BarBoSa, g. a. BaSÍlio, S. g. furtaDo & l. menini neto 99 O Begonia maguniana (Begoniaceae, Begonia sect. Oligandrae), a new species from New Guinea T h. p. WilSon, o. paul & m. hugheS 119 A A taxonomic revision of Begonia veitchii (Begoniaceae) N m. c. teBBitt, c. reYnel, l. huaYlla limachi & c. m. martÍn 127 Y A new species of tuberous Begonia (Begoniaceae) from Andean Peru p. W. moonlight, r. hollanDS, a. cano & D. a. purviS 145 V o lu m e 7 7 , N o . 1 , p p . 1 – 1 6 0 M a r c h The cover illustration, drawn by Mary Mendum, is of the diminutive alpine plant Sibbaldia 20 procumbens, named in honour of one of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s founders, 20 Robert Sibbald. This plant is used, in a stylised form, as the Garden’s official logo. 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