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Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 to 340 [a] flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae.The natural range of Magnolia species is disjunct, with a main center in east, south and southeast Asia and a secondary center in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies, and some species in South America.
Azuma et al. employ both molecular phylogeny and parsimonious mapping of the chemistry of floral scents in 1999 to propose a phylogenetic tree where, unlike Dandy's taxonomy, they include Michelia species within the Magnolia genus as a sister group to the subgenus Yulania and also find that the section Rytidospermum is not monophyletic, placing ...
The genus Magnolia s.l. has been divided in three subgenera, 12 sections, and 13 subsections. The list below is divided according to the Magnolia Society's 2012 ...
The genus name Magnolia honors Pierre Magnol, a French botanist. [ 8 ] M. grandiflora is most commonly known as southern magnolia, a name derived from its range in the Southern United States.
Magnoliids, Magnoliidae or Magnolianae are a clade of flowering plants.With more than 10,000 species, including magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, tulip tree and many others, it is the third-largest group of angiosperms after the eudicots and monocots. [3]
Magnolia virginiana is often grown as an ornamental tree in gardens, and used in horticultural applications to give an architectural feel to landscape designs. It is an attractive tree for parks and large gardens, grown for its large, conspicuous, scented flowers, for its clean, attractive foliage, and for its fast growth.
Magnoliaceae (magnolia family) Magnolia acuminata: cucumber tree; cucumber magnolia Magnoliaceae (magnolia family) 651 Magnolia ashei: ashe magnolia Magnoliaceae (magnolia family) Magnolia fraseri: Fraser magnolia Magnoliaceae (magnolia family) 655 Magnolia grandiflora: southern magnolia Magnoliaceae (magnolia family) 652 Magnolia liliiflora ...
Michelia is a historical genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Magnoliaceae. The genus included about 50 species of evergreen trees and shrubs, native to tropical and subtropical south and southeast Asia , including southern China. Today it is regarded as a synonym and section of the genus Magnolia. [1]