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Type: Article
Published: 2016-04-11
Page range: 287–291
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A new species of Annonaceae from southern Western Ghats, India

Department of Botany, Government Brennen College, Thalassery, Kannur, Kerala 670106, India Department of Botany, St. Thomas College, Pala, Kottayam, Kerala 686574, India
Department of Botany, Government College, Kasaragod, Kerala 671123, India Department of Botany, St. Thomas College, Pala, Kottayam, Kerala 686574, India
Silviculture Division, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Kerala 680653, India
Department of Botany, St. Thomas College, Pala, Kottayam, Kerala 686574, India
Paithal mala Western Ghats Kerala India Miliusa Magnoliids

Abstract

Miliusa Leschenault ex Candolle (1832: 213) is represented worldwide by 40 species and mostly distributed in Southeast Asia and Australia (Mols&Kessler 2003). Mitra (1993) recognized 15 species in India, and since then five new taxa, Miliusa wayanadica Narayanan et al. (2010:64), Miliusa velutina var. deviyarina Rajendran et al. (2003:220), M. tirunelvelica Murugan et al. (2004:102), M. gokhalei Narayanan et al (2012:26) and M. codonantha Chaowasku (2013:101) have been added.