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Three new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from Indochina

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Descriptions, illustrations, a distribution map and conservation assessments are provided for three new species of Syzygium from Indochina. Based on morphological characters, all three new species, Syzygium bokorense W. K. Soh & J. Parn., S. chantaranothaianum W. K. Soh & J. Parn. and S. cucphuongense W. K. Soh & J. Parn., belong to the subgenus Syzygium.

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The first author’s study of Syzygium in Indochina was funded by a Trinity College Postgraduate Award. Travel was supported by grants from the SYNTHESYST (European Union-funded Integrated Infrastructure Initiative grant) and the Trinity College Postgraduate Travel Fund. We are grateful to the curators of A, BKF, CPNP, H, K, L and P for access to the specimens, to Jan Frits Veldkamp for the Latin diagnosis, to Lyn Craven and Pranom Chantaranothai for their invaluable help and advice.

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  1. Botany Department, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

    Wuu-Kuang Soh & John Parnell

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Soh, WK., Parnell, J. Three new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from Indochina. Kew Bull 66, 557–564 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-011-9305-9

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