Miliusa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Magnoliales

Familia: Annonaceae
Subfamilia: Malmeoideae
Tribus: Miliuseae
Genus: Miliusa
Species: M. amplexicaulis – M. andamanica – M. astiana – M. balansae – M. brahei – M. butonensis – M. cambodgensis – M. campanulata – M. codonantha – M. cuneata – M. dioeca – M. eriocarpa – M. flaviviridis – M. fragrans – M. fusca – M. globosa – M. gokhalaei – M. hirsuta – M. horsfieldii – M. indica – M. intermedia – M. koolsii – M. lanceolata – M. leschenaultii – M. longiflora – M. longipes – M. macropoda – M. malnadense – M. mollis – M. montana – M. mukerjeeana – M. nakhonsiana – M. nilagirica – M. ninhbinhensis – M. novoguineensis – M. parviflora – M. pumila – M. roxburghiana – M. sclerocarpa – M. sessilis – M. tenuistipitata – M. thailandica – M. thorelli – M. tirunelvelica – M. tomentosa – M. traceyi – M. umpangensis – M. velutina – M. vidalii – M. villosa – M. viridiflora – M. wayanadica – M. wightiana – M. zeylanica
Name

Miliusa Lesch. ex A.DC. Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 5: 213. (1832)

Type species: Miliusa indica Lesch. ex A.DC., Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 5: 213. (1832)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Hyalostemma Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 6434. (1832)
Type: Hyalostemma roxburghiana Wall. nom. illeg. pro Uvaria dioeca Roxb. [= Miliusa dioeca (Roxb.) Chaowasku & Kessler]
Saccopetalum Benn., Pl. Jav. Rar. 165. t. 35 (1838)
Type: Saccopetalum horsfieldii Benn. (1840) [= Miliusa horsfieldii (Benn.) Pierre]

Note: See Discussion Page For explanations.
References

Leschenault de la Tour, J.B.L.T. 1832. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 5: 213.
Chaowasku, T. 2011. Miliusa codonantha (Annonaceae), a new species from the Indian eastern Himalaya, with a new combination, M. dioeca. Willdenowia-Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem 43(1): 101–105. DOI: 10.3372/wi.43.43111 Reference page.
Chaowasku, T. & Keßler, P.J. 2013. Phylogeny of Miliusa (Magnoliales: Annonaceae: Malmeoideae: Miliuseae), with descriptions of two new species from Malesia. European Journal of Taxonomy 54: 1–21 . DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.54 Reference page.
Chaowasku, T. & Keßler, P.J. 2013. Seven new species of Miliusa (Annonaceae) from Thailand. Nordic Journal of Botany 31(6): 680–699. DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.01785.x Reference page.
Chaowasku, T. 2014. Miliusa pumila (Annonaceae), a new species from S Thailand. Willdenowia-Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem 44(3): 407–413. DOI: 10.3372/wi.44.44311 Reference page.
Chaowasku, T. & Keßler, P.J.A. 2014. Miliusa cambodgensis sp. nov. (Annonaceae) from Cambodia and M. astiana, M. ninhbinhensis spp. nov. from Vietnam. Nordic Journal of Botany, DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2013.00219.x Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Miliusa. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 23 2016.
Mols, J.B. & Keßler, P.J.A. 2003. The genus Miliusa (Annonaceae) in the Austro-Malesian area. Blumea-Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 48(3): 421–462. DOI: 10.3767/000651903X489384 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Page, N.V. & Nerlekar, A.N. 2016. A new species of Miliusa (Annonaceae) from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. Phytotaxa 245 (1): 079–083. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.245.1.10 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Page, N.V., Poti, M. & Ravikumar, K. 2016. Miliusa flaviviridis (Annonaceae), a new species from the southern Western Ghats, India. Phytotaxa 255(2): 167–171. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.255.2.6 Reference page.
Narayanan, M.R., Sujanapal, P., Kumar, N.A., Sivadasan, M., Alfarhan, A.H. & Thomas, J. 2012. Miliusa gokhalaei, a new species of Annonaceae from India with notes on interrelationships, population structure and conservation status. Phytotaxa 42(1): 26–34. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.42.1.4 Reference page.
Turner, I.M. 2015. A conspectus of Indo‐Burmese Annonaceae. Nordic Journal of Botany 33(3): 257–299. DOI: 10.1111/njb.00689 Reference page.

Miliusa is a genus of plant in family Annonaceae. Species have been recorded from tropical & subtropical Asia to N. Australia.[1]

Accepted species

Plants of the World Online currently includes:[1]

Miliusa amplexicaulis Ridl.
Miliusa andamanica (King) Finet & Gagnep.
Miliusa astiana Chaowasku & Kessler
Miliusa baillonii Pierre
Miliusa balansae Finet & Gagnep.[2][3]
Miliusa banghoiensis Jovet-Ast
Miliusa brahei (F.Muell.) Jessup
Miliusa butonensis Chaowasku & Kessler
Miliusa cambodgensis Chaowasku & Kessler
Miliusa campanulata Pierre
Miliusa chantaburiana Damth. & Chaowasku
Miliusa codonantha Chaowasku - India
Miliusa cuneata Craib
Miliusa dioeca (Roxb.) Chaowasku & Kessler
Miliusa eupoda (Miq.) I.M.Turner
Miliusa filipes Ridl.
Miliusa flaviviridis N.V.Page, Poti & K.Ravik.
Miliusa fragrans Chaowasku & Kessler - Thailand[4]
Miliusa fusca Pierre
Miliusa glandulifera C.E.C.Fisch.
Miliusa glochidioides Hand.-Mazz.
Miliusa gokhalaei Ratheesh, Sujanapal, Anil Kumar & Sivad. - India
Miliusa hirsuta Chaowasku & Kessler - Thailand
Miliusa horsfieldii (Benn.) Baill. ex Pierre
Miliusa indica Lesch. ex A.DC.
Miliusa intermedia Chaowasku & Kessler - Thailand
Miliusa koolsii (Kosterm.) J.Sinclair
Miliusa lanceolata Chaowasku & Kessler
Miliusa macrocarpa Hook.f. & Thomson
Miliusa macropoda Miq.[5]
Miliusa malnadensis N.V.Page & Nerlekar
Miliusa manickamiana Murugan
Miliusa mollis Pierre
Miliusa montana Gardner ex Hook.f. & Thomson
Miliusa nakhonsiana Chaowasku & Kessler - Thailand
Miliusa nilagirica Bedd.
Miliusa ninhbinhensis Chaowasku & Kessler
Miliusa novoguineensis Mols & Kessler
Miliusa paithalmalayana Josekutty
Miliusa parviflora Ridl.
Miliusa pumila Chaowasku - Thailand [6]
Miliusa saccata C.E.C.Fisch.
Miliusa sahyadrica G.Rajkumar, Alister, Nazarudeen & Pandur.
Miliusa sclerocarpa (A.DC.) Kurz
Miliusa sessilis Chaowasku & Kessler - Thailand
Miliusa tenuistipitata W.T.Wang
Miliusa thailandica Chaowasku & Kessler - Thailand
Miliusa thorelii Finet & Gagnep.
Miliusa tirunelvelica Murugan, Manickam, Sundaresan & Jothi
Miliusa tomentosa (Roxb.) Finet & Gagnep.
Miliusa traceyi Jessup
Miliusa tristis Kurz
Miliusa umpangensis Chaowasku & Kessler - Thailand
Miliusa velutina (DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson
Miliusa vidalii J.Sinclair
Miliusa viridiflora Chaowasku & Kessler
Miliusa wayanadica Sujanapal, Ratheesh & Sasidh.
Miliusa wightiana Hook.f. & Thomson
Miliusa zeylanica Gardner ex Hook.f. & Thomson

Unresolved species

Miliusa sinensis Finet & Gagnep: poss. synonym of Miliusa balansae Finet & Gagnep
Miliusanes, a class of cytotoxic agents were extracted from M. sinensis. They are potential anticancer lead molecules.[7]

References

Plants of the World Online: Miliusa Lesch. ex A.DC. (retrieved 16 May 2021)
Kamperdick, Christine (December 2002). "Constituents from Miliusa balansae (Annonaceae)". Phytochemistry. 61 (8): 991–994. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00374-6. PMID 12453532.
Huong, DT; Kamperdick, C; Sung, TV (2004). "Homogentisic Acid Derivatives from Miliusa balansae". Journal of Natural Products. 67 (3): 445–447. doi:10.1021/np030195z. PMID 15043427.
Chaowasku, Tanawat (2013). "Seven new species of Miliusa(Annonaceae) from Thailand". Nordic Journal of Botany. 31 (6): 680–699. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.01785.x.
"Miliusa macropoda".
"Species New to Science: [Botany • 2014] Miliusa pumila | ระฆังน้ำพราย • A New Species (Annonaceae) from southern Thailand". 2015-01-10.
Zhang, HJ; Ma, C; Nguyen, VH; Nguyen, MC; Tan, GT; Santarsiero, BD; Mesecar, AD; Soejarto, DD; Pezzuto, JM; Fong, HH (Jan 2006). "Miliusanes, a class of cytotoxic agents from Miliusa sinensis". J Med Chem. 49 (2): 693–708. doi:10.1021/jm0509492. PMID 16420055.