The study is in line with the goal of systematics in unveiling the natural world

through observation and comparison. Specifically, the researchers documented the

family Rubiaceae in Baluno Pasonanca and Dinagat Islands; this lead them in
identifying a new species of Begonia and document a vulnerable species of
Mussaenda. Moreover, the study can be related to systematics through the utilized
methods in the study namely, sample collection of plants, preservation of samples
with the utilization of preservation techniques (herbarium sheets), and the
morphological analysis through comparison with identified and verified species.
The inference of the researchers in proposing a new species was based on the
morphological relationships of Begonia species. On the other hand, the researchers
could have utilized molecular data to support their proposition; the use of
molecular data to support or even verify morphological data analysis is a method
in systematics that allows inference that is supported more strongly compared to
the usage of morphological data alone.