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A new species of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) from Jiangxi of China based on morphological and molecular evidences

  • 1. Life Science and Environment Engineering college, Gannan Normal University, Ganzhou 341000, Jiangxi China
  • 2. Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P. R. China

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Liu, Ren-Lin, Tang, Zhong-Bing, Gao, Lian-Ming (2018): A new species of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) from Jiangxi of China based on morphological and molecular evidences. Phytotaxa 356 (4): 267-275, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.356.4.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.356.4.2

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