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Magnolia

Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subclass Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae.

The natural range of Magnolia species is a disjunct distribution, with a main center in east and southeast Asia and a secondary center in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies, and some species in South America.

The genus is named after French botanist Pierre Magnol.

Magnolia is an ancient genus. Having evolved before bees appeared, the flowers developed to encourage pollination by beetles. As a result, the carpels of Magnolia flowers are tough, to avoid damage by eating and crawling beetles. Fossilised specimens of M. acuminata have been found dating to 20 million years ago, and of plants identifiably belonging to the Magnoliaceae dating to 95 million years ago. Another primitive aspect of Magnolias is their lack of distinct sepals or petals.

Origin of the name Magnolia

In 1703 Charles Plumier (1646-1704) described a flowering tree from the island of Martinique in his Genera. He gave the species, known locally as 'talauma', the genus name Magnolia, after Pierre Magnol. The English botanist William Sherard, who studied botany in Paris under Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, a pupil of Magnol, was most probably the first after Plumier to adopt the genus name Magnolia. He was at least responsible for the taxonomic part of Johann Jacob Dillenius's Hortus Elthamensis and of Mark Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands. These were the first works after Plumier's Genera that used the name Magnolia, this time for some species of flowering trees from temperate North America.

Carolus Linnaeus, who was familiar with Plumier's Genera, adopted the genus name Magnolia in 1735 in his first edition of Systema naturae, without a description but with a reference to Plumier's work. In 1753, he took up Plumier's Magnolia in the first edition of Species plantarum. Since Linnaeus never saw an herbarium specimen (if there ever was one) of Plumier's Magnolia and had only his description and a rather poor picture at hand, he must have taken it for the same plant which was described by Catesby in his 1730 Natural History of Carolina. He placed it in the synonymy of Magnolia virginiana variety foetida, the taxon now known as Magnolia grandiflora.

The species that Plumier originally named Magnolia was later described as Annona dodecapetala by Lamarck, and has since been named Magnolia plumieri and Talauma plumieri (and still a number of other names) but is now known as Magnolia dodecapetala.

Nomenclature and classification

When Linnaeus took up Magnolia in his Species plantarum (1753), he created a lemma of only one species: Magnolia virginiana. Under that species he described five varieties (glauca, foetida, grisea, tripetala and acuminata). In the tenth edition of Systema naturae (1759), he merged grisea with glauca, and raised the four remaining varieties to species status.

By the end of the 18th century, botanists and plant hunters exploring Asia began to name and describe the Magnolia species from China and Japan. The first Asiatic species to be described by western botanists were Magnolia denudata and Magnolia liliiflora, and Magnolia coco and Magnolia figo. Soon after that, in 1794, Carl Peter Thunberg collected and described Magnolia obovata from Japan and at roughly the same time Magnolia kobus was also first collected.

With the number of species increasing, the genus was divided into the two subgenera Magnolia and Yulania. Magnolia contains the American evergreen species Magnolia grandiflora, which is of horticultural importance, especially in the United States, and Magnolia virginiana, the type species. Yulania contains several deciduous Asiatic species, such as Magnolia denudata and Magnolia kobus, which have become horticulturally important in their own right and as parents in hybrids. Classified in Yulania, is also the American deciduous Magnolia acuminata (Cucumber tree), which has recently attained greater status as the parent which is responsible for the yellow flower colour in many new hybrids.

Relations in the family Magnoliaceae have been puzzling taxonomists for a long time. Because the family is quite old and has survived many geological events (such as ice ages, mountain formation and continental drift), its distribution has become scattered. Some species or groups of species have been isolated for a long time, while others could stay in close contact. To create divisions in the family (or even within the genus Magnolia), solely based upon morphological characters, has proven to be a nearly impossible task.

By the end of the 20th century, DNA sequencing had become available as a method of large scale research on phylogenetic relationships. Several studies, including studies on many species in the family Magnoliaceae, were carried out to investigate relationships. What these studies all revealed was that genus Michelia and Magnolia subgenus Yulania were far more closely allied to each other than either one of them was to Magnolia subgenus Magnolia. These phylogenetic studies were supported by morphological data.

As nomenclature is supposed to reflect relationships, the situation with the species names in Michelia and Magnolia subgenus Yulania was undesirable. Taxonomically there are three choices; 1: to join Michelia and Yulania species in a common genus, not being Magnolia (for which the name Michelia has priority); 2: to raise subgenus Yulania to generic rank, leaving Michelia names and subgenus Magnolia names untouched; or 3: to join Michelia with genus Magnolia into genus Magnolia s.l. (a big genus). Magnolia subgenus Magnolia can not be renamed because it contains Magnolia virginiana, the type species of the genus and of the family. Not many Michelia species have so far become horticulturally or economically important, apart for their wood. Both subgenus Magnolia and subgenus Yulania include species of major horticultural importance, and a change of name would be very undesirable for many people, especially in the horticultural branch. In Europe, Magnolia even is more or less a synonym for Yulania, since most of the cultivated species on this continent have Magnolia (Yulania) denudata as one of their parents. Most taxonomists who acknowledge close relations between Yulania and Michelia therefore support the third option and join Michelia with Magnolia.

The same goes, mutatis mutandis, for the (former) genera Talauma and Dugandiodendron, which are then placed in subgenus Magnolia, and genus Manglietia, which could be joined with subgenus Magnolia or may even earn the status of an extra subgenus. Elmerrillia seems to be closely related to Michelia and Yulania, in which case it will most likely be treated in the same way as Michelia is now. The precise nomenclatural status of small or monospecific genera like Kmeria, Parakmeria, Pachylarnax, Manglietiastrum, Aromadendron, Woonyoungia, Alcimandra, Paramichelia and Tsoongiodendron remains uncertain. Taxonomists who merge Michelia into Magnolia tend to merge these small genera into Magnolia s.l. as well. At present, western botanists tend toward a big Magnolia genus, whereas many Chinese botanists still recognize the different small genera.

Selected species

This species list has been adapted from the one used by the Magnolia Society, which can be viewed [http://www.magnoliasociety.org/classification_docs/classifications.html here.] It does not represent the last word on the subclassification of the genus Magnolia (read above), as a clear consensus has not yet been reached.
The list is broken down into 3 subgenera, 12 sections and 13 subsections. Each species entry follows the following pattern:
Botanical name Naming auth. - Common name(s), if any (REGION FOUND)

Subgenus Magnolia

Anthers open by splitting at the front facing the centre of the flower. Deciduous or evergreen. Flowers produced after the leaves.

Section ''Magnolia

''Magnolia grandiflora'' L. - Southern magnolia or Bull bay (SE US)
''Magnolia guatemalensis'' Donn. Sm. - Guatemalan magnolia or ''Mamey'' (GUATEMALA)
''Magnolia guatemalensis'' ssp. ''hondurensis'' (Molina) Vazquez Honduran magnolia (HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR)
''Magnolia iltisiana'' Vazquez . (W MEXICO)
''Magnolia pacifica'' Vazquez . (W MEXICO)
''Magnolia pacifica'' ssp. ''pugana'' Iltis & Vazquez . (W MEXICO)
''Magnolia pacifica'' ssp. ''tarahumara'' Vazquez . (W MEXICO)
''Magnolia panamensis'' Vazquez & Iltis . (PANAMA)
''Magnolia poasana'' (Pittier) Dandy - Poas magnolia (COSTA RICA, PANAMA)
''Magnolia schiedeana'' Schltdl. . (E MEXICO)
''Magnolia sharpii'' Meranda - Sharp's magnolia (CHIAPAS MEXICO)
''Magnolia sororum'' Seibert - Sister magnolia (PANAMA)
''Magnolia sororum'' ssp. ''lutea'' Vazquez . (COSTA RICA, PANAMA)
''Magnolia tamaulipana'' Vazquez - Mexican evergreen magnolia (NE MEXICO)
''Magnolia virginiana'' Linn - Sweetbay magnolia, Sweet magnolia, Sweet bay, Swamp bay, Swamp magnolia, Swamp laurel, Laurel magnolia, White bay or Beaver tree (SOUTHEAST US)
''Magnolia yoroconte'' Dandy - Yoroconte magnolia (HONDURAS)

Section Gwillimia

Subsection Gwillimia

Magnolia albosericea Chun & Tsoong. . (HAINAN IS.)
Magnolia championii Benth - Champion's magnolia (S & SE CHINA)
Magnolia coco (Lour.) DC. - Coconut magnolia (SE CHINA)
Magnolia delavayi Franchet - Chinese evergreen magnolia or Delavay's magnolia (YUNNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia fistulosa (Finet & Gagnep.) Dandy . (SE YUNNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia henryi Dunn - Henry's magnolia (YUNNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia nana Dandy - Dwarf magnolia (VIETNAM)
Magnolia odoratissima Law et Zhou . (S CHINA)
Magnolia pterocarpa Roxb. . (NEPAL, BURMA)

Subsection Blumiana

Magnolia gigantifolia (Miq.) Noot. . (BORNEO, SUMATRA)
Magnolia hodgsonii (Hook.f. & Thom.) H.Keng - Gai lie mu (NEPAL, BURMA)
Magnolia lasia Noot. . (BORNEO)
Magnolia liliifera (L.) Baillon - Egg magnolia (SE ASIA)
Magnolia liliifera var. angatensis (Blanco) Noot. . (PHILIPPINES)
Magnolia liliifera var. beccarii (Ridley) Noot. . (BORNEO)
Magnolia liliifera var. obovata (Korth.) . (BORNEO)
Magnolia liliifera var. singapurensis (Ridley) Noot. . (SINGAPORE, SUMATRA)
Magnolia mariusjacobsia Noot. . (BORNEO)
Magnolia persuaveolens Dandy - Fragrant magnolia (BORNEO)
Magnolia persuaveolens ssp. rigida Noot. . (BORNEO)
Magnolia sarawakensis (Agostini) Noot. . (BORNEO)
Magnolia villosa (Miq.) H.Keng . (SUMATRA, BORNEO)

Section Talauma

Subsection Talauma

Magnolia allenii Standl. . (PANAMA)
Magnolia amazonica Ducke . (BRAZIL, PERU)
Magnolia arcabucoana (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia boliviana (M.Nee) Govaerts . (BOLIVIA)
Magnolia caricifragrans (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia cespedesii (Triana & Planch) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia chocoensis (Lozano) . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia dixonii (Little) Govaerts . (ECUADOR)
Magnolia dodecapetala (Lam.) Govaerts . (LESSER ANTILLES)
Magnolia espinalii (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia georgii (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia gilbertoi (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia gloriensis (Pittier) Govaerts . (CENTRAL AMERICA)
Magnolia hernandezii (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia irwiniana (Lozano) Govaerts . (BRAZIL)
Magnolia katiorum (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia mexicana DC. . (MEXICO)
Magnolia minor (Urb.) Govaerts . (CUBA)
Magnolia morii (Lozano) Govaerts . (PANAMA)
Magnolia narinensis (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia neillii (Lozano) Govaerts . (ECUADOR)
Magnolia ovata (A.St.-Hil.) Spreng. . (BRAZIL)
Magnolia polyhypsophilla (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia rimachii (Lozano) Govaerts . (PERU, ECUADOR)
Magnolia sambuensis (Pittier) Govaerts . (PANAMA, COLOMBIA)
Magnolia santanderiana (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia sellowiana (A.St.-Hil.) Govaerts . (BRAZIL)
Magnolia silvioi (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia venezuelensis (Lozano) Govaerts . (VENEZUELA)
Magnolia virolinensis (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia wolfii (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)

Subsection Dugandiodendron

Magnolia argyrothricha (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia calimaensis (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia calophylla (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia cararensis (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia chimantensis Steyermark & Maguire - Chimanta magnolia (VENEZUELA)
Magnolia colombiana (Little) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia guatapensis (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia lenticellata (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia magnifolia (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia mahechae (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia ptaritepuiana Steyermark - Ptari-tepui magnolia (VENEZUELA)
Magnolia striatifolia Little . (COLOMBIA, ECUADOR)
Magnolia urraoense (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)
Magnolia yarumalense (Lozano) Govaerts . (COLOMBIA)

Subsection Cubenses

Magnolia cacuminoides Bisse . (CUBA)
Magnolia cristalensis Bisse . (CUBA)
Magnolia cubensis Urb. - Cuban magnolia (CUBA)
Magnolia domingensis Urb. - Dominican magnolia (HAITI)
Magnolia ekmannii Urb. . (HAITI)
Magnolia emarginata Urb. & Echman - Small-notched magnolia (HAITI)
Magnolia hamorii Howard - Hamor's magnolia (DOM. REP.)
Magnolia pallescens Urban & Ekman - Pale magnolia (DOM. REP.)
Magnolia portoricensis Bello - Puerto Rico magnolia (PUERTO RICO)
Magnolia splendens Urban - Shining magnolia or Laurel magnolia (PUERTO RICO)

Section Manglietia

Magnolia aromatica (Dandy) V.S.Kumar . (S CHINA)
Magnolia blaoensis (Gagnep.) Dandy . (VIETNAM)
Magnolia blumei Prantl . (SUMATRA, JAVA)
Magnolia blumei var. sumatrana (Miq.) Figlar & Noot. . (W SUMATRA)
Magnolia calophylloides Figlar & Noot. . (W SUMATRA)
Magnolia caveana (Hook.f. & Thoms.) D.C.Raju & M.P.Nayer . (ASSAM, N BURMA)
Magnolia chevalieri (Dandy) V.S.Kumar . (VIETNAM, LAOS)
Magnolia conifera (Dandy) V.S.Kumar . (SE CHINA, VIETNAM)
Magnolia conifera var. chingii (Dandy) V.S.Kumar . (SE CHINA)
Magnolia crassipes (Y.W.Law) V.S.Kumar . (GUANGDONG (CHINA))
Magnolia dandyi (Gapnep.) Dandy . (S CHINA, VIETNAM, LAOS)
Magnolia decidua (Q.Y. Zheng) V.S.Kumar . (JIANGXI (CHINA))
Magnolia dolichogyna (Dandy ex Noot.) Figlar & Noot. . (BORNEO, MALAY PENIN.)
Magnolia duclouxii Finet & Gagnep. . (VIETNAM, SW CHINA)
Magnolia figlarii V.S. Kumar . (SICHUAN (CHINA))
Magnolia fordiana (Oliv.) Hu . (VIETNAM, S CHINA)
Magnolia fordiana var. calcarea (X.H.Song) Chen & Noot. . (GUIZHOU (CHINA))
Magnolia fordiana var. forrestii (W.W.Sm. Ex Dandy) Chen & Noot. . (SW CHINA)
Magnolia fordiana var. kwangtungensis (Merr.) Chen & Noot. . (SE CHINA)
Magnolia garrettii (Craib) V.S.Kumar . (SW CHINA, VIETNAM, THAILAND)
Magnolia grandis (Hu & W.C.Cheng) V.S. Kumar . (YUNNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia hookeri Cubitt & W.W.Sm. . (SW CHINA, N BURMA, THAILAND)
Magnolia insignis (Wall.) Blume . (S CHINA, NEPAL, BURMA)
Magnolia lanuginosoides Figlar & Noot. . (SUMATRA)
Magnolia lucida (B.L.Chen & S.C.Yang) V.S.Kumar . (SW CHINA)
Magnolia megaphylla (Hu & W.C.Cheng) V.S.Kumar . (YUNNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia moto (Dandy) V.S.Kumar . (SE CHINA)
Magnolia obovalifolia (C.Y.Yu & Law) V.S.Kumar . (YUNNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia ovoidea (H.T.Chang & B.L.Chen) V.S.Kumar . (YUNNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia phuthoensis (Dandy ex Gapnep.) V.S.Kumar . (VIETNAM)
Magnolia rufibarbata (Dandy) V.S.Kumar . (VIETNAM)
Magnolia sabahensis (Dandy ex Noot.) Figlar & Noot. . (BORNEO)
Magnolia tibetica V.S.Kumar . (TIBET)
Magnolia utilis (Dandy) V.S.Kumar . (N BURMA, THAILAND)
Magnolia ventii (N.V.Tiep) V.S.Kumar . (YUNNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia yuyuanensis (Y.W.Law) V.S.Kumar . (E CHINA)

Section Kmeria

Magnolia duperreana Pierre . (VIETNAM, CAMBODIA)
Magnolia kwangsiensis Figlar & Noot. . (YUNNAN, GUANGXI (CHINA))
Magnolia thailandica Noot. & Chalermglin . (THAILAND)

Section Rhytidospermum

Subsection Rhytidospermum

Magnolia obovata Thunb. - Japanese bigleaf magnolia or Japanese whitebark magnolia (JAPAN)
Magnolia officinalis Rehd. & Wilson - Houpu magnolia or Magnolia-bark (W CHINA)
Magnolia officinalis ssp. biloba Cheng & Law - Aoyehoupo magnolia (E CHINA)
Magnolia rostrata W.W.Smith - Beaked magnolia (SW CHINA)
Magnolia tripetala (L.) L. - Umbrella magnolia or Umbrella-tree (SE US)

Subsection Oyama

Magnolia globosa Hook.f. & Thoms. - Globe magnolia or Hen magnolia (NEPAL, BURMA)
Magnolia sieboldii K.Koch - Siebold's magnolia or Oyama magnolia (KOREA, E CHINA)
Magnolia sieboldii ssp. japonica K.Ueda . (JAPAN)
Magnolia sieboldii ssp. sinensis (Rehder & Wilson) Spongberg - Chinese Oyama magnolia or Floreplena magnolia (CENTRAL CHINA)
Magnolia wilsonii (Finet. & Gagnep.) Rehder - Wilson's magnolia (SW CHINA)

Section Auriculata

Magnolia fraseri Walt. - Fraser magnolia or Ear-leaved magnolia (SE US)
Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata (Bartram) Pampanini - Pyramid magnolia (SE US)

Section Macrophylla

Magnolia macrophylla Michx. - Bigleaf magnolia (SE US)
Magnolia macrophylla var. ashei (Weatherby) D. Johnson - Ashe magnolia (SE US)
Magnolia macrophylla var. dealbata (Zuccarini) D. Johnson - Mexican bigleaf magnolia or Cloudforest magnolia (E MEXICO)

Subgenus Yulania

Anthers open by splitting at the sides. Deciduous. Flowers mostly produced before leaves (except M. acuminata).

Section Yulania

Subsection Yulania

Magnolia amoena W. C. Cheng - Tianmu magnolia or Tienmu magnolia (E CHINA)
Magnolia biondii Pampan - Spring hope magnolia (E CHINA)
Magnolia campbellii Hook. f. & Thomson - Campbell's magnolia (HIMALAYAS)
Magnolia campbellii var. alba Treseder . (HIMALAYAS)
Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata (W. W. Smith) F. Kingdon-Ward . (W CHINA, HIMALAYAS)
Magnolia cylindrica Wilson - Huangshan magnolia (E CHINA)
Magnolia dawsoniana Rehder & Wilson - Dawson's magnolia (SICHUAN (CHINA))
Magnolia denudata Desr. - Yulan magnolia or Lilytree (E CHINA)
Magnolia kobus DC. - Kobushi magnolia (JAPAN, KOREA)
Magnolia liliiflora Desr. - Mulan magnolia, Purple magnolia, Red magnolia or Woody-orchid (C CHINA)
Magnolia salicifolia (Sieb. & Zucc.) Maxim. - Willow-leafed magnolia (JAPAN)
Magnolia sargentiana Rehder & Wilson - Sargent's magnolia (W CHINA)
Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta Rehder & Wilson . (SICHUAN (CHINA))
Magnolia sprengeri Pampan - Sprenger's magnolia (SICHUAN (CHINA))
Magnolia sprengeri var. elongata (Rehder & Wilson) Johnstone . (SICHUAN (CHINA))
Magnolia stellata (Sieb. & Zucc.) Maxim. - Star magnolia (JAPAN)
Magnolia zenii Cheng - Zen magnolia (E CHINA)

Subsection Tulipastrum

Magnolia acuminata (L.) L. - Cucumber tree or Blue magnolia (E NORTH AMERICA)
Magnolia acuminata var. subcordata (Spach) Dandy - Yellow cucumber tree (SE US)

Section Michelia

Subsection Michelia

M. x alba (DC.) Figlar & Noot. - White champaca (HYBRID ORIGIN)
Magnolia angustioblonga (Law & Wu) Figlar . (SW CHINA)
Magnolia baillonii Pierre . (SW CHINA, VIETNAM)
Magnolia balansae A. DC. . (S CHINA, VIETNAM)
Magnolia banghamii (Noot.) Figlar & Noot. . (MALAYSIA, SUMATRA)
Magnolia braianensis (Gagnep.) Figlar . (VIETNAM)
Magnolia cavaleriei (Finet & Gagnep.) Figlar . (S CHINA)
Magnolia champaca (L.) Baillon ex Pierre . (S INDIA, LESSER SUNDA IS.)
Magnolia champaca var. pubinervia (Blume) Figlar & Noot. . (JAVA, MALAY PENIN.)
Magnolia chapensis (Dandy) Sima . (S CHINA, N VIETNAM)
Magnolia compressa Maxim. . (JAPAN, SW CHINA)
Magnolia coriacea (H.T.Chang & B.L.Chen) Figlar . (SE YUNNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia dianica Sima & Figlar . (SW CHINA)
Magnolia doltsopa (Buch.-Ham. Ex DC.) Figlar . (SW CHINA, HIMALAYAS)
Magnolia elliptilimba (B.L. Chen & Noot.) Figlar . (YUNNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia ernestii Figlar . (SICHUAN (CHINA))
Magnolia ernestii ssp. szechuanica (Dandy) Sima & Figlar . SICHUAN (CHINA))
Magnolia figo (Lour.) DC. - Banana-shrub or Chenille copperleaf (SE CHINA)
Magnolia figo var. crassipes (Law) Figlar & Noot. . (SE CHINA)
Magnolia figo var. skinneriana ined. . (SE CHINA)
Magnolia flaviflora (Law & Wu) Figlar . (VIETNAM, SW CHINA)
Magnolia floribunda (Finet & Gagnep.) Figlar . (S CHINA, VIETNAM)
Magnolia foveolata (Merr. Ex Dandy) Figlar . (S CHINA, VIETNAM)
Magnolia fujianensis (Q.F.Zheng) Figlar . (SE CHINA)
Magnolia fulva (H.T. Chang & B.L. Chen) Figlar . (YUNNAN (CHINA), VIET.?)
Magnolia fulva var. calcicola Sima & Yu . YUNNAN (CHINA)
Magnolia guangxiensis (Law & R.Z.Zhou) Sima . (GUANGXI (CHINA))
Magnolia hypolampra (Dandy) Figlar . (S CHINA, VIETNAM)
Magnolia ingrata (B.L.Chen & S.C.Lang) Figlar . (YUNNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia jiangxiensis (H.T. Chang & B.L. Chen) Figlar . (JIANGXI (CHINA))
Magnolia kingii (Dandy) Figlar . (BANGLADESH, ASSAM)
Magnolia kisopa (Bush.-Ham. ex DC.) Figlar . (VIETNAM, NEPAL)
Magnolia koordersiana (Noot.) Figlar . (MALAYSIA, W SUMATRA)
Magnolia lacei (W.W. Smith) Figlar . (SW CHINA, VIETNAM)
Magnolia lanuginosa (Wall.) Figlar & Noot. . (YUNNAN (CHINA), NEPAL)
Magnolia leveilleana (Dandy) Figlar . (SW CHINA)
Magnolia macclurei (Dandy) Figlar . (S CHINA, N VIETNAM)
Magnolia macclurei var. sublanea Dandy . (GUANGDONG (CHINA))
Magnolia mannii (King) King . (ASSAM)
Magnolia martinii H.Lev. . (SE CHINA, VIETNAM)
Magnolia masticata (Dandy) Figlar . (YUNNAN (CHINA), LAOS)
Magnolia maudiae (Dunn) Figlar . (SE CHINA, HAINAN IS.)
Magnolia maudiae var. hunanensis (C.L.Peng & L.H.Yan) Sima . (HUNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia maudiae var. platypetala (Hand.-Mazz.) Sima . (S-CENTRAL CHINA)
Magnolia mediocris (Dandy) Figlar . (S CHINA, VIETNAM)
Magnolia microcarpa (B.L.Chen & S.C.Yang) Sima . (S CHINA)
Magnolia microtricha (Hand.-Mazz.) Figlar . (YUNNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia montana (Blume) Figlar & Noot. . (MAYAYSIA to BORNEO)
Magnolia nilagirica (Zenker) Figlar . (S INDIA, SRI LANKA)
Magnolia oblonga (Wall. Ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Figlar . (ASSAM)
Magnolia odora (Chun) Figlar & Noot. . (SE CHINA, N VIETNAM)
Magnolia opipara (H.T.Chang & B.L.Chen) Sima . (YUNNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia philippinensis P.Pharm . (PHILIPPINES)
Magnolia punduana (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Figlar . (ASSAM)
Magnolia rajaniana (Craib.) Figlar . (THAILAND)
Magnolia scortechinii ( King) Figlar & Noot. . (MALAY PENIN., W SUMATRA)
Magnolia shiluensis (Chun & Y.F.Wu) Figlar . (HAINAN IS.)
Magnolia sirindhorniae Noot. & Chalermglin - Princess Sirindhorn's magnolia (THAILAND)
Magnolia sphaerantha (C.Y.Wu ex Z.S.Yue) Sima . (SW CHINA)
Magnolia subulifera (Dandy) Figlar . (VIETNAM)
Magnolia sumatrae (Dandy) Figlar & Noot. . (MALAYSIA, SUMATRA)
Magnolia xanthantha (C.Y.Wu ex Law & Y.F.Wu) Figlar . (YUNNAN (CHINA))

Subsection Elmerrillia

Magnolia platyphylla (Merr.) Figlar & Noot. . (PHILIPPINES)
Magnolia pubescens (Merr.) Figlar & Noot. . (PHILIPPINES)
Magnolia tsiampacca (L.) Figlar & Noot. . (SUMATRA, NEW GUINEA)
Magnolia tsiampacca ssp. tsiampacca var. glaberrima (Dandy) Figlar & Noot. . (MALAYSIA, NEW GUINEA)
Magnolia tsiampacca ssp. mollis (Dandy) Figlar & Noot. . (SUMATRA, BORNEO)
Magnolia vrieseana (Miq.) Baill. Ex Pierre . (SULAWESI, MOLUCCAS)

Subsection Maingola

Magnolia annamensis Dandy . (VIETNAM)
Magnolia carsonii Dandy ex Noot. . (BORNEO)
Magnolia carsonii var. drymifolia Noot. . (BORNEO)
Magnolia carsonii var. phaulanta (Dandy ex Noot.) S. Kim . (CELEBES)
Magnolia cathcartii (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Noot. . (SW CHINA, BURMA)
Magnolia griffithii King . (INDIA, ASSAM)
Magnolia gustavii King - Gustav's magnolia (INDIA, ASSAM)
Magnolia macklottii (Korth.) Dandy . (W JAVA, BORNEO)
Magnolia macklottii var. beccariana (Agostini) Noot. . (SUMATRA)
Magnolia pealiana King . (ASSAM)

Subsection Aromadendron

Magnolia ashtonii Dandy ex. Noot. . (SUMATRA, BORNEO)
Magnolia bintuluensis (Agostini) Noot. . (SUMATRA, BORNEO)
Magnolia borneensis Noot. . (BORNEO, PHILIPPINES)
Magnolia elegans (Blume) Keng . (SUMATRA, JAVA)
Magnolia pahangensis Noot. . (BORNEO, PHILIPPINES)

Subgenus Gynopodium

Section Gynopodium

Magnolia kachirachirai (Kanehira & Yamamoto) Dandy . (TAIWAN)
Magnolia lotungensis Chun & Tsoon . (S CHINA)
Magnolia nitida W.W.Smith - Glossy magnolia (NW YUNNAN (CHINA))
Magnolia omeiensis (Hu & Cheng) Dandy . (SICHUAN (CHINA))
Magnolia yunnanensis (Hu) Noot. . (SE YUNNAN (CHINA))

Section Manglietiastrum

Magnolia pleiocarpa (Dandy) Figlar & Noot. . (ASSAM)
Magnolia praecalva (Dandy) Figlar & Noot. . (VIETNAM, MALAY PENIN.)
Magnolia sinica (Law) Noot. . (SE YUNNAN (CHINA))

Uses

In general, Magnolia is a genus which has attracted a lot of horticultural interest. Hybridisation has been immensely successful in combining the best aspects of different species to give plants which flower at an earlier age than the species themselves, as well as having more impressive flowers. One of the most popular garden magnolias is a hybrid, M. x soulangeana (Saucer magnolia; hybrid M. liliiflora x M. denudata).

In parts of Japan, the leaves of magnolia obovata are used for wrapping food and as cooking dishes.

Magnolias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including Giant Leopard Moth.

Medicinal uses

The bark from M. officinalis has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is known as hou po (厚朴). In Japan, kōboku, M. obovata has been used in a similar manner. The aromatic bark contains magnolol and honokiol, two polyphenolic compounds that may have demonstrated anti-anxiety and anti-angiogenic properties. Magnolia bark also may have been shown to reduce allergic and asthmatic reactions.

Magnolia has attracted the interest of the dental research community because magnolia bark extract inhibits many of the bacteria responsible for caries and periodontal disease. In addition, the constituent magnolol interferes with the action of glucosyltransferase, an enzyme needed for the formation of bacterial plaque.

Popular Culture

Magnolia grandiflora is the official state flower of both Mississippi and Louisiana. The flower's abundance in Mississippi is reflected in its nickname of "Magnolia State". The magnolia is also the official state tree of Mississippi.

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Magnolia" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Galician, Polish, Romanian.

Translation(s) in other languages: Bulgarian: Магнолия, Czech: Šácholan, Danish: Magnolie, German: Magnolien, Persian: مگنولیا, Korean: 목련속, Upper Sorbian: Lilijowc, Italian: Magnolia (botanica), Georgian: მაგნოლია, Hungarian: Valódi liliomfák, Dutch: Magnolia (geslacht), Japanese: モクレン属, Norwegian (Bokmål): Magnoliaslekten, Portuguese: Magnólia, Russian: Магнолия, Simple English: Magnolia (tree), Slovak: Magnólia, Serbian: Магнолија, Finnish: Magnoliat, Swedish: Magnoliasläktet, Thai: แมกโนเลีย, Turkish: Manolya, Ukrainian: Магнолія, Chinese: 木蘭屬.


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