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A new species of the genus Alphonsea, A. annulata from peninsular Thailand is described and illustrated. A conservation assessment for A. annulata and a key to Alphonsea species in southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia are provided.
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The authors would like to thank the Department of Biology, the Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University for its facilities and financial support. We thank the directors, curators and staff of AAU, BK, BKF, BM, C, CMU, CMUB, E, K, KKU, L, P, PSU and QBG for making available the required specimens, and also thank Dr Woranart Thammarong and Mr Jiratthi Satthaphorn for the plant line drawings and the distribution map and Dr Phongsak Phonsena for field assistance. The third author thanks the Carlsberg Foundation and the Royal Forest Department Herbarium, Bangkok, for support of field and herbarium work in Thailand.
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Leeratiwong, C., Chalermglin, P. & Johnson, D.M. Alphonsea annulata (Annonaceae), a new species from Thailand. Kew Bull 76, 309–315 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-021-09937-4
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