(Annonaceae), a new species from Yunnan, China.

sp. nov. (Annonaceae) is described from Yunnan Province in Southwest China. It is easily distinguished from all previously described species by the possession of up to four carpels per flower, its bilobed, sparsely hairy stigma, biseriate ovules and cylindrical monocarps with a beaked apex. A phylogenetic analysis was conducted to confirm the placement of this new species within . represents the second species of in China: a key to the species of in China is provided to distinguish it from . Paraffin sectioning was undertaken to study the anatomy of the corrugations on the inner petals of to verify whether they are glandular.