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A new threatened endemic species from central and northeastern Thailand, Dracaena jayniana (Asparagaceae: tribe Nolinoideae)

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The taxonomic baseline for Dracaena in Thailand is reviewed, concentrating on a group of species for which morphology suggests a relationship with D. draco L., D. tamaranae Marrero Rodr., R. S. Almeida & Gonz.-Mart., D. ombet Heuglin ex Kotschy & Peyr., D. schizantha Baker, D. serrulata Baker, D. cinnabari Balf. f. and D. ellenbeckiana Engl. One morphologically distinct element of that group in Thailand known as Chan daeng in Thai is shown to be a distinct species, Dracaena jayniana Wilkin & Suksathan. It is described, illustrated and ecological information and a conservation assessment are provided.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Pramote Triboun, Phongsak Phongsena, Somran Suddee, Rachan Pooma, Nannapat Pattharahirantricin and Kongkanda Chayamarit for their invaluable help and Mr Plataan, the late Mr Tot, Por Tot, Cham, Por Cham and Acharn Paun for sharing their knowledge of this amazing plant with us. Thanks are particularly due to Anna Trias Blasi and Ruth Clark for their help in the field, to Mark Carine, Paula Rudall and to the curatorial staff of the herbaria BK, BKF, BM, C, K, L, P, QGB and WAG (abbreviations following Index Herbariorum, http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/IndexHerbariorum.asp). Aaron Davis helped extensively with generating Map 1. This project was funded in part by a Polish National Science Centre Grant # N N303807540 to J W‐S and SYNTHESYS grant NL‐TAF‐4197 to PW; the latter enabled study of specimens at WAG and L. Thanks are also extended to two anonymous reviewers for improvements to the manuscript.

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

    Paul Wilkin

  2. Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, P.O. Box 7, Mae Rim, Chiang Mai, 50180, Thailand

    Piyakaset Suksathan

  3. 264/45-46 Suksawad 15, Suksawad Rd., Rajaburana, Bangkok, 10140, Thailand

    Kaweesak Keeratikiat

  4. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, section NHN, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9514, 2300, R A, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Peter Van Welzen

  5. Department of Plant Taxonomy, Faculty of Biology, A. Mickiewicz University, ul. Umultowska 89, 61-614, Poznań, Poland

    Justyna Wiland-Szymańska

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Wilkin, P., Suksathan, P., Keeratikiat, K. et al. A new threatened endemic species from central and northeastern Thailand, Dracaena jayniana (Asparagaceae: tribe Nolinoideae). Kew Bull 67, 697–705 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-012-9412-2

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