Abstract
Miliusa agasthyamalana (Annonaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to M.paithalmalayana and M. wightiana. Detailed notes on the species along with its color photographs and illustrations are provided.
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<p>Hooker, J.D. & Thomson, T. (1855) Annonaceae. <em>In: Flora Indica: being a systematic account of the plants of British India</em>. Pamplin, London, pp. 87–153. [285 pp.]</p>
<p>IUCN (2020) <em>Guidelines for using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria</em>. Version 11.Prepared by the standards and petitions subcommittee. Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/RedListGuidelines.pdf (accessed 12 January 2020).</p>
<p>Josekutty, E.J., Biju, P., Sujanapal, P. & Augustine, J. (2016) A new species of Annonaceae from southern Western Ghats, India. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 255 (3): 287–291. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.255.3.11</p>
<p>King, G. (1891) The species of <em>Myristica</em> of British India. <em>Annals of Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta</em> 3: 1–327</p>
<p>Mabberley, D. (2017) <em>Mabberley’s Plant-Book. A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses. </em>Ed. (4). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1102 pp. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316335581</p>
<p>Mitra, D. (1993) Annonaceae.<em> In: </em>Sharma, B.D., Balakrishnan, N.P., Rao, R.R. & Hajra, P.K. (Eds.) <em>Flora of India</em>, vol. 1. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, pp. 202–307.</p>
<p>Mols, J.B. & Kessler, P.J.A. (2003) The genus <em>Miliusa</em>(Annonaceae) in the Austro-Malesian area. <em>Blumea</em> 48: 421–462. https://doi.org/10.3767/000651903X489384</p>
<p>Narayanan, M.K.R., Sujanapal, P., Anilkumar, N., Sivadasan, M., Alfarhan, A.H. & Thomas, J. (2012) <em>Miliusagokhalaei</em>, a new species of Annonaceae from India with notes on interrelationships, population structure and conservation status. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 42 (1): 26–34. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.42.1.4</p>
<p>Murugan, C. (2016)<em>Miliusa manickamiana</em> C. Murugan sp. nov. (Annonaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. <em>Indian Journal of Forestry</em> 39 (4): 371–372. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2016-6G5SYW</p>
<p>Page, N.V., Poti, M. & Ravikumar, K. (2016) <em>Miliusa flaviviridis</em> (Annonaceae), a new species from the southern Western Ghats, India. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 255 (2): 167–171. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.255.2.6</p>
<p>Page, N.V. &Nerlekar, A.N. (2016) A new species of <em>Miliusa</em> (Annonaceae) from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 245 (1): 79–83. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.245.1.10</p>
<p>Pandurangan, G. (2016) <em>Miliusa sahyadrica</em>, a new species of Annonaceae from the Western Ghats, India. <em>Phytotaxa</em> 284 (3): 211–217. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.284.3.6</p>
<p>Pierre, J.B.L. (1881) <em>Flore forestieÌre de la Cochinchine</em>, Octave Doin, Paris, 406 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.61558</p>
<p>Thiers, B. (2020) <em>Index Herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium</em>. Available from http://sweetgum.nybg.org/ih/ (accessed 30 June 2022)</p>
<p>Turner, I.M. (2015) A conspectus of Indo-Burmese Annonaceae.<em>Nordic Journal of Botany</em> 33: 257–299. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.00689</p>
<p>Van Heusden, E.C.H. (1992) Flowers of Annonaceae: morphology, classification and evolution. <em>Blumea</em> (7): 1–21.</p>