Phylogeny of Miliusa (Magnoliales: Annonaceae: Malmeoideae: Miliuseae), with descriptions of two new species from Malesia
Author
Tanawat Chaowasku
Author
Paul J. A. Keßler
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2013
54
1
21
journal article
32226
10.5852/ejt.2013.54
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2118-9773
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Miliusa butonensis
Chaowasku & Kessler
,
sp. nov.
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Figs 3–4
Diagnosis
Miliusa butonensis
sp. nov.
belongs to clade C. It is best characterized by (1) dense hairs on the apical half inside the inner petals and (2) glandular structures that cover almost the whole basal half of the inner side of the inner petals.
Fig. 2.
50% Bayesian majority-rule consensus phylogram of combined seven plastid markers, showing branch length proportional to amount of lineage sequence divergence. Scale bar unit: substitution per site.
Fig. 3.
Miliusa butonensis
sp. nov.
a.
Habit.
b.
Outside (abaxial surface) of a persistent inner petal.
c.
Inside (adaxial surface) of a persistent inner petal.
d.
Fruit. (All from
Coode 6279
). Drawn by E. Winkel.
Etymology
Named after the Buton Island (
Indonesia
) where this species is endemic.
Type
INDONESIA
: Southeast of
Sulawesi
,
North Buton Is.
,
Jismil
camp inland from
Labuan Tobelo
,
Nov. 1989
,
Coode 6279
[holo-: U; iso-: A, K, L], in fruit (with a few persistent inner petals).
Description
Trees, ca.
8 m
tall, ca.
10 cm
in diameter. Young twigs appressed-puberulous. Petioles 2.0–3.0 mm long, appressed-puberulous. Leaves elliptic to slightly ovate, 4.7–11.1 ×
2.2–4.5 cm
, base (broadly) cuneate, sometimes slightly unequal, apex acute; lamina glabrous both sides; midrib usually slightly raised to Fat above, sometimes slightly sunken, glabrous, raised below, appressed-puberulous; secondary veins 15–18 pairs, angle with midrib 42°–50°. Flowers partially known; fruiting peduncles or fruiting pedicels axillary; fruiting peduncles up to
0.4 cm
long; fruiting pedicels
0.9–2.1 cm
long; sepals and sometimes outer petals persistent in fruit, both ovate-triangular. Inner petals a few persistent ones fallen on herbarium sheet near the torus bearing monocarps seen, ovate-triangular, ca. 6.0 × 4.0 mm; outside appressed-puberulous, mostly on the middle part, margin puberulous, inside (curly-)velvety on the apical half; glandular structures observed on almost the whole basal half, slightly raised, between crescentshaped and semicircular, slightly Fnely warty; base not saccate. Monocarps 3–21, subglobose-ellipsoid, 0.7–0.9 ×
0.6–0.8 cm
; surface smooth, glabrous; apex not apiculate; stipe ca. 6.0 mm long, glabrous. Seed(s) 1 (rarely 2), subglobose(-ellipsoid), 0.6–0.8 ×
0.4–0.7 cm
.
Fig. 4.
Distribution of
Miliusa butonensis
sp. nov.
(Flled square) and
Miliusa
viridiFora
sp. nov. (Flled circle).
Distribution, habitat and phenology
Indonesia
(Buton Island,
Fig. 4
), occurring in forests on Fat ridge-tops, with slightly broken canopy due to rocky terrain of raised coralline limestone. Elevation: ca.
300 m
.
Fruiting: November.
Field notes
Branches horizontal and foliage in Fat sprays. Bark grey-brown, ca.
4 mm
thick overall, ± smooth with Fne vertical cracks and rows of low lenticels, wood straw-colored, cut bark and wood pleasantly aromatic. Young leaves ± yellow-green, mature leaves mid green on both sides.