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Issue: Vol. 510 No. 3: 9 July 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.510.3.4
Page range: 239–250
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 2

Two new species and a new record of the genus Polyalthia (Annonaceae) from Peninsular Thailand

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Kantarawichai, Maha Sarakham, 44150, Thailand, Palaeontological Research and Education Center, Mahasarakham University, Kantarawichai, Maha Sarakham, 44150, Thailand
Division of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand
Department of Botany and Microbiology, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, 43015, USA
Magnoliids Annonaceae Polyalthia new species new record Peninsular Thailand

Abstract

Two new species of Polyalthia from Peninsular Thailand, Polyalthia heliopetala and P. taweensis, are described and illustrated. Polyalthia heliopetala most closely resembles P. oblonga and P. motleyana. Polyalthia taweensis most closely resembles P. obliqua. Polyalthia pumila is newly reported for Thailand from a single locality; the species was previously known only from two localities in Peninsular Malaysia and has not been re-collected in over 100 years.

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