Monoon fragrans (Dalzell) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders

Xue, Bine, Nurmawati, Subekti, Xu, Yuan & Li, Yong-Quan, 2021, Excluding the species Monoon fragrans (Annonaceae) from the flora of China, Phytotaxa 487 (1), pp. 91-96 : 92-93

Monoon fragrans (Dalzell) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders in Xue et al. (2012: 1031), Figs. 1 & 3D .

≡ Guatteria fragrans Dalzell (1851: 206) .

≡ Polyalthia fragrans (Dalzell) Bedd. (1869: 11) .

Type:— INDIA. N. A. Dalzell s.n. (lectotype designated by Turner (2015), K000691484 ) .

Distribution and habitat:—Forests of the South Concan, Canara and Malabar in Peninsular India.

Note:—A detailed morphological description of Polyalthia fragrans can be referred in Dalzell (1851), Hooker & Thomson (1855), and King (1893). Relevant misidentified Chinese specimens, viz. Yanhui Li 03066 (KUN) and Sino- Russia exped. 9272 (IBSC) can be referred to Fig. 2A & B .

Additional specimen examined:— INDIA. Malabar: Concan, without date, J.E. Stocks & Law s.n. (P00732307,

CAL00000044430); Concan, anonymous s.n. (CAL00000044429).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Specimens of Monoon fragrans. A. Lectotype, Dalzell N.A. s.n (K000691484); B. J.E. Stocks & Law s.n. (P00732307); C. J.E. Stocks & Law s.n.(CAL00000044430); D. anonymous s.n. (CAL00000044429).

FIGURE 2. Chinese specimens identified as Polyalthia fragrans and specimens of Monoon simiarum. A–B. Chinese specimen identified as Polyalthia fragrans. A. Yanhui Li 03066 (KUN), collected from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan; B. Sino-Russia exped. 9272 (IBSC), collected from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan; C. Monoon simiarum, Yanhui Li 004961 (IBSC), collected from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan; D. Monoon simiarum, Pierre, J.B.L.1751 (P), collected from Vietnam.

FIGURE 3. Fruits of Monoon fragrans and M. simiarum. A. Fruit from Yanhui Li 03066 (KUN), collected from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan; B. Fruit from Sino-Russia exped. 9272 (IBSC), collected from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan; C. Fruit of Monoon simiarum, J.F. Maxwell 98- 250 (KUN), colleted from Tenasserim, Myanmar. D. Fruit of Monoon fragrans, J.E. Stocks & Law s.n.(P), colleted from India.