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Four new species of Maesa are described and illustrated from the Malesian region: M. inculticola Utteridge and M. pilosa Utteridge are described from Borneo; M. fraseriana Utteridge and M. malayana Utteridge are described from Peninsular Malaysia. Distribution maps and notes on the conservation status and taxonomic affinities of each species are provided.
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I thank Lucy T. Smith for the illustrations, Melanie Wilmot-Dear for translating the Latin diagnoses, and Melanie Wilmot-Dear, Rogier de Kok and two reviewers for very useful comments on the manuscript.
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Utteridge, T.M.A. Four new species of Maesa Forssk. (Primulaceae) from Malesia. Kew Bull 67, 367–378 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-012-9383-3
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