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Ilex pubifructa (Aquifoliaceae), a new species from northern Thailand

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A new species of the genus Ilex is recorded for northern Thailand. Ilex pubifructa is closely allied to I. denticulata but is immediately recognisable by the dense pubescence covering many parts of the plant.

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We thank the curators and staff of the herbaria indicated above for permission to study specimens and/or access to herbarium facilities. We gratefully acknowledge data used from JSTOR. A special thanks to Prof. Dr Peter C. van Welzen (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, The Netherlands) for his extensive help and for providing valuable information on specimens in L. This research was supported by the Department of Agriculture, Thailand/the National Research Council of Thailand. The first author is thankful to the Agricultural Research Development Agency (Public Organization), Thailand for financial support of her visit to Kew during March to November 2014.

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  1. Bangkok Herbarium, Plant Varieties Protection Office, Department of Agriculture, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand

    Kanchana Pruesapan

  2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK

    Susyn Andrews & David A. Simpson

  3. Department of Botany, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland

    David A. Simpson

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Pruesapan, K., Andrews, S. & Simpson, D.A. Ilex pubifructa (Aquifoliaceae), a new species from northern Thailand. Kew Bull 72, 21 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-017-9692-7

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