Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Type: Article
Published: 2012-01-24
Page range: 26–34
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 67

Miliusa gokhalaei, a new species of Annonaceae from India with notes on interrelationships, population structure and conservation status

Community Agrobiodiversity Centre, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Puthoorvayal, Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala – 673 121, India
Community Agrobiodiversity Centre, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Puthoorvayal, Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala – 673 121, India
Community Agrobiodiversity Centre, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Puthoorvayal, Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala – 673 121, India
Department of Botany & Microbiology, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Department of Botany & Microbiology, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Department of Botany & Microbiology, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Magnoliids Endemic species Kerala Peninsular India Wayanad Western Ghats

Abstract

Miliusa gokhalaei (Annonaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India, is described and illustrated. It is distinguished by unequal rounded leaf bases, sessile or shortly pedicellate flowers, thick fleshy petals, glabrous carpel, and included connective of anther. It is closely related to M. indica and M. eriocarpa, with which it shares sub-sessile or shortly petiolate, hairy-nerved leaves, axillary solitary flowers, and flask-shaped carpel with 1–2 ovules.  Notes on interrelationships, population structure, conservation status and an identification key to the taxa of Miliusa in peninsular India are also provided.