Two new species and a new species record of Aglaia (Meliaceae) from Indonesia

Caroline M Pannell; Jan Schnitzler; Alexandra N Muellner-Riehl

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.155.53833

Two new species and a new species record of Aglaia (Meliaceae) from Indonesia

PhytoKeys. 2020 Aug 7:155:33-51. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.155.53833. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Caroline M Pannell^{1

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4}, Jan Schnitzler⁴, Alexandra N Muellner-Riehl^{4

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Affiliations

¹ University of Oxford, Department of Plant Sciences and Daubeny Herbarium (FHO), South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom Leipzig University Leipzig Germany.
² Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K), Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, United Kingdom University of Oxford Oxford United Kingdom.
³ Queen's University Belfast, Marine Laboratory, 12-13 The Strand, Portaferry, County Down, BT22 1PF, United Kingdom Royal Botanic Gardens Kew United Kingdom.
⁴ Leipzig University, Institute of Biology, Department of Molecular Evolution and Plant Systematics & Herbarium (LZ), Johannisallee 21-23, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany Queen's University Belfast United Kingdom.
⁵ German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Leipzig Germany.

Abstract

Two new species of Aglaia from Indonesia are described, Aglaia monocaula restricted to West Papua, and Aglaia nyaruensis occurring on Borneo (Kalimantan, Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak). A phylogenetic analysis using nuclear ITS and ETS, and plastid rps15-ycf1 sequence data indicates that the two new species of Aglaia are also genetically distinct. Aglaia monocaula belongs to sectionAmoora, while A. nyaruensis is included in section Aglaia. A dichotomous key, drawings and three-locus DNA barcodes are provided as aids for the identification of the two new species of Aglaia. In addition, the geographic range of Aglaia mackiana (section Amoora) is expanded from a single previously known site in Papua New Guinea to West Papua, Indonesia.

Keywords: Aglaia; Meliaceae; Indonesia; conservation status; phylogeny; taxonomy.

Caroline M. Pannell, Jan Schnitzler, Alexandra N. Muellner-Riehl.