https://journalaprj.com/index.php/APRJ/issue/feedAsian Plant Research Journal2026-06-23T11:37:40+00:00Asian Plant Research Journal[email protected]Open Journal Systems<p><strong>Asian Plant Research Journal (ISSN: 2581-9992) </strong>aims to publish high quality papers <a href="https://journalaprj.com/index.php/APRJ/general-guideline-for-authors">(Click here for Types of paper)</a> in all aspects of plant research. By not excluding papers based on novelty, this journal facilitates the research and wishes to publish papers as long as they are technically correct and scientifically motivated. The journal also encourages the submission of useful reports of negative results. This is a quality controlled, OPEN peer-reviewed, open-access INTERNATIONAL journal.</p>https://journalaprj.com/index.php/APRJ/article/view/381Three New Names and a New Combination in Magnolia (Magnoliaceae) from China, Costa Rica and Ecuador2026-06-23T11:37:40+00:00Christopher B. Callaghan[email protected]Siak K. Png<p>Under the broad generic concept of <em>Magnolia</em> adopted by POWO and many recent treatments, the flowering plant family Magnoliaceae comprises two monogeneric subfamilies, Liriodendroideae and Magnolioideae, represented by <em>Liriodendron </em>L. and <em>Magnolia </em>L., respectively. Accordingly, two further Chinese species currently placed in the segregate genera <em>Michelia</em> and <em>Lirianthe</em> are herein formally transferred to <em>Magnolia</em>. They are the 2021 described and published <em>Michelia retusa</em> from Hainan, which retains its specific epithet when transferred to <em>Magnolia</em>, and the 2023 described and published <em>Lirianthe jingxiensis</em> from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which is given the proposed replacement name of <em>Magnolia bandanensis</em> to avoid the creation of a later illegitimate homonym when it is transferred to <em>Magnolia</em>. Also, as <em>Magnolia multinervia </em>and <em>M. napoensis</em>, described as new species in 2012 and 2019 respectively, are illegitimate later homonyms of existing fossil names, the necessary two replacement names <em>M. limonensis</em> and <em>M. misahualliensis </em>are proposed for these neotropical Central and South American <em>Magnolia</em> species.</p>2026-06-23T00:00:00+00:00Copyright (c) 2026 Author(s). The licensee is the journal publisher. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.