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Magnolia -
by Jingshuang Ma
Not peer reviewed
Last modified: 06/28/2006
Nomenclature
Magnolia L., Sp. Pl. 535. 1753. Gen. Pl. 240. 1754. TYPE: Magnolia virginiana L.
Talauma A. Juss., Gen. Pl. 281. 1789. TYPE: Talauma plumierii (Sw.) DC. (=Magnolia plumierii Sw.).
Yulania Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 462. 1839. TYPE: Not designated.
Tulipastrum Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 481. 1839. TYPE: Tulipastrum americanum Spach, nom. illeg. (=Magnolia acuminata L.).
Buergeria Siebold et Zucc., Fl. Jap. 1: 78. 1843. TYPE: Not designated.
Kobus Kaempf. ex Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 297. 1914. TYPE: Unknown.
Key to the species of Magnolia
1. Flowers appearing before the leaves...Magnolia kobus
1. Flowers
appearing with or after the leaves...2
2. Leaves green beneath...3
2. Leaves
glaucous beneath...4
3. Leaves widest near or below the middle, scattered along
twig; winter terminal buds hairy...Magnolia
acuminata
3. Leaves widest well above the middle, in terminal
whorl-like clusters; winter terminal buds glabrous...Magnolia tripetala
4. Leaves acute to broadly rounded at base...Magnolia virginiana
4. Leaves
distinctly cordate at base...Magnolia macrophylla
List of Magnolia Species
- Magnolia acuminata
- Magnolia kobus - excluded species
- Magnolia macrophylla - excluded species
- Magnolia tripetala
- Magnolia virginiana