Summary
Arundinella kokutensis Teerawat. & Sungkaew is described and illustrated here as a new species from Kut Island, Trat Province, Thailand.
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The authors are grateful to the curators and the staff of the following herbaria: BKF, C, E, K, and NY for the use or loan of specimens. Thanks to Prof. Dr Pranom Chantaranothai for his kind comments and useful suggestions, to Prof. John Parnell and Dr Pimwadee Pornpongrungrueng for their support of the work, and Prof. Dr Benjamin Øllgaard for help with the Latin diagnosis. This work was supported by the TRF/BIOTEC Special Program for Biodiversity Research and Training Grant T_148026.
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Teerawatananon, A., Sungkaew, S. & Hodkinson, T.R. Arundinella kokutensis (Poaceae, Arundinelleae), a new species from south-eastern Thailand. Kew Bull 64, 747–750 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-009-9168-5
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