
Two new species of Ilex (Aquifoliaceae) from Thailand
Author(s) -
Kanchana Pruesapan,
P.C. van Welzen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
thai forest bulletin (botany) (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.321
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2465-423X
DOI - 10.20531/tfb.2021.49.1.08
Subject(s) - inflorescence , biology , horticulture , botany
Two new species of Aquifoliaceae are reported for Thailand. Ilex depressifructu is newly recorded from Umphang District, Tak Province (leaf blades ovate, ovate-oblong or oblong, base obtuse; infructescences solitary dichasia; fruits depressed globose with capitate stigma; pyrenes 5, shallowly-5-sulcate, 6-striate) and Ilex phanganensis (like I. umbellulata, but glabrous, smaller leaves, less veins, diplothyrsoid inflorescences with mainly alternate branches, less pyrenes), is newly recorded from Ko Phagnan Islands, Surat Thani Province. The descriptions and illustrations of the taxa are presented.