Xue & al. • A new Annonaceae genus, Wuodendron TAXON 67 (2) • April 2018: 250–266 A new Annonaceae genus, Wuodendron, provides support for a post-boreotropical origin of the Asian-Neotropical disjunction in the tribe Miliuseae Bine Xue,1 Yun-Hong Tan,2,3 Daniel C. Thomas,4 Tanawat Chaowasku,5 Xue-Liang Hou6 & Richard M.K. Saunders7 1 Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China 2 Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yezin, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar 3 Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun 666303, Yunnan, China 4 National Parks Board, Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569, Singapore 5 Herbarium, Division of Plant Science and Technology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Thailand 6 School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China 7 School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China Authors for correspondence: Bine Xue,
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[email protected] DOI https://doi.org/10.12705/672.2 Abstract Recent molecular and morphological studies have clarified generic circumscriptions in Annonaceae tribe Miliuseae and resulted in the segregation of disparate elements from the previously highly polyphyletic genus Polyalthia s.l. Several names in Polyalthia nevertheless remain unresolved, awaiting