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Magnolia

The genus Magnolia is in the family Magnoliaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Magnolia

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Magnolia acuminata (L.) L. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia albosericea Chun & C.H.Tsoong Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia allenii Standl. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia amazonica (Ducke) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia amoena W.C.Cheng Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia angatensis Blanco Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia angustioblonga (Y.W.Law & Y.F.Wu) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia annamensis Dandy Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia arcabucoana (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia argyrothricha (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia aromatica (Dandy) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia ashtonii Dandy ex Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia baillonii Pierre Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia balansae A.DC. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia banghamii (Noot.) Figlar & Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia beccarii (Ridl.) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia betongensis (Craib) H.Keng Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia bintuluensis (A.Agostini) Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia biondii Pamp. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia blaoensis (Gagnep.) Dandy Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia blumei Prantl Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia boliviana (M.Nee) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia borneensis Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia braianensis (Gagnep.) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia calimaensis (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia calophylla (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia calophylloides Figlar & Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia campbellii Hook.f. & Thomson Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia cararensis (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia caricifragrans (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia carsonii Dandy ex Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia cathcartii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia cavaleriei (Finet & Gagnep.) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia caveana (Hook.f. & Thomson) D.C.S.Raju & M.P.Nayar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia cespedesii (Triana & Planch.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia championii Benth. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia changhungtana ined. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia chapensis (Dandy) Sima Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia chevalieri (Dandy) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia chimantensis Steyerm. & Maguire Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia chocoensis (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia citrata Noot. & Chalermglin Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia clemensiorum Dandy Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia coco (Lour.) DC. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia colombiana (Little) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia compressa Maxim. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia conifera (Dandy) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia coriacea (Hung T.Chang & B.L.Chen) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia crassipes (Y.W.Law) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia cristalensis Bisse Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia cubensis Urb. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia cylindrica E.H.Wilson Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia dandyi Gagnep. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia dawsoniana Rehder & E.H.Wilson Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia decidua (Q.Y.Zheng) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia delavayi Franch. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia denudata Desr. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia dixonii (Little) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia dodecapetala (Lam.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia doltsopa (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia domingensis Urb. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia duclouxii (Finet & Gagnep.) Hu Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia duperreana Pierre Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia ekmanii Urb. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia elegans (Blume) H.Keng Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia elegantifolia Noot. Accepted M TRO
Magnolia elliptigemmata C.L.Guo & L.L.Huang Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia emarginata Urb. & Ekman Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia ernestii Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia espinalii (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia figlarii V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia figo (Lour.) DC. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia fistulosa (Finet & Gagnep.) Dandy Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia flaviflora (Y.W.Law & Y.F.Wu) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia floribunda (Finet & Gagnep.) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia fordiana (Oliv.) Hu Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia foveolata (Merr. ex Dandy) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia fraseri Walter Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia fujianensis (Q.F.Zheng) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia fulva (Hung T.Chang & B.L.Chen) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia garrettii (Craib) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia georgii (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia gigantifolia (Miq.) Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia gilbertoi (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia gioi Noot. Accepted M TRO
Magnolia glaucifolia Noot. Accepted M TRO
Magnolia globosa Hook.f. & Thomson Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia gloriensis (Pittier) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia grandiflora L. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia grandis (Hu & W.C.Cheng) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia griffithii Hook.f. & Thomson Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia guangdongensis (Y.H. Yan, Q.W. Zeng & F.W. Xing) Noot. Accepted L TRO
Magnolia guangxiensis (Y.W.Law & R.Z.Zhou) Sima Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia guatapensis (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia guatemalensis Donn.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia guerrerensis J.Jiménez Ram., K.Vega & Cruz Durán Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia gustavii King Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia hamorii Howard Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia henaoi (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia henryi Dunn Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia hernandezii (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia hodgsonii (Hook.f. & Thomson) H.Keng Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia hongheensis (Y.M.Shui & W.H.Chen) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia hookeri (Cubitt & W.W.Sm.) D.C.S.Raju & M.P.Nayar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia hypolampra (Dandy) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia iltisiana Vazquez Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia insignis Wall. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia irwiniana (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia iteophylla (C.Y.Wu ex Y.W.Law & Y.F.Wu) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia × jigongshanensis T.B.Chao, D.L.Fu & W.B.Sun Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia kachirachirai (Kaneh. & Yamam.) Dandy Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia katiorum (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia kingii (Dandy) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia kisopa (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia kobus DC. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia koordersiana (Noot.) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia krusei J.Jiménez Ram. & Cruz Durán Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia kwangsiensis Figlar & Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia kwangtungensis Merr. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia lacei (W.W.Sm.) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia laevifolia (Y.W.Law & Y.F.Wu) Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia lanuginosa (Wall.) Figlar & Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia lanuginosoides Figlar & Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia lasia Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia lenticellata (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia leveilleana (Dandy) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia liliifera (L.) Baill. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia liliiflora Desr. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia longipedunculata (Q.W.Zeng & Y.W.Law) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia lotungensis Chun & C.H.Tsoong Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia lucida (B.L.Chen & S.C.Yang) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia macclurei (Dandy) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia macklottii (Korth.) Dandy Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia macrophylla Michx. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia magnifolia (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia mahechae (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia mannii (King) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia mariusjacobsia Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia martinii H.Lév. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia masticata (Dandy) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia maudiae (Dunn) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia mediocris (Dandy) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia mexicana DC. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia minor (Urb.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia mirifolia Accepted M TRO
Magnolia montana (Blume) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia morii (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia × multiflora M.C.Wang & C.L.Min Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia nana Dandy Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia narinensis (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia neillii (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia nilagirica (Zenker) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia nitida W.W.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia oblonga (Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia obovalifolia (C.Y.Wu & Y.W.Law) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia obovata Thunb. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia odora (Chun) Figlar & Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia odoratissima Y.W.Law & R.Z.Zhou Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia officinalis Rehder & E.H.Wilson Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia omeiensis (W.C.Cheng) Dandy Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia opipara (Hung T.Chang & B.L.Chen) Sima Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia ovata (A.St.-Hil.) Spreng. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia ovoidea (Hung T.Chang & B.L.Chen) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia pacifica Vazquez Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia pahangensis Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia pallescens Urb. & Ekman Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia panamensis H.H.Iltis & Vazquez Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia patungensis (Hu) ined. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia pealiana King Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia persuaveolens Dandy Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia philippinensis P.Parm. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia platyphylla (Merr.) Figlar & Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia pleiocarpa (Dandy) Figlar & Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia poasana (Pittier) Dandy Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia polyhypsophylla (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia portoricensis Bello Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia praecalva (Dandy) Figlar & Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia × proctoriana Rehder Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia ptaritepuiana Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia pterocarpa Roxb. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia pubescens (Merr.) Figlar & Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia pugana (H.H.Iltis & Vazquez) A.Vazquez & Carvajal Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia punduana (Hook.f. & Thomson) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia rabaniana (Hook.f. & Thomson) D.C.S.Raju & M.P.Nayar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia rajaniana (Craib) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia rimachii (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia rostrata W.W.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia rufibarbata (Dandy) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia sabahensis (Dandy ex Noot.) Figlar & Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia salicifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia sambuensis (Pittier) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia santanderiana (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia sarawakensis (A.Agostini) Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia sargentiana Rehder & E.H.Wilson Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia schiedeana Schltl. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia scortechinii (King) Figlar & Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia sellowiana (A.St.-Hil.) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia sharpii V.V.Miranda Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia shiluensis (Chun & Y.F.Wu) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia siamensis (Dandy) H.Keng Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia sieboldii K.Koch Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia silvioi (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia singapurensis (Ridl.) H.Keng Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia sinica (Y.W.Law) Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia sirindhorniae Noot. & Chalermglin Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia sororum Seibert Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia × soulangeana Soul.-Bod. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia sphaerantha (C.Y.Wu ex Y.W.Law & Y.F.Wu) Sima Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia splendens Urb. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia sprengeri Pamp. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia stellata (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia striatifolia Little Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia sumatrae (Dandy) Figlar & Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia tamaulipana Vazquez Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia thailandica Noot. & Chalermglin Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia tripetala (L.) L. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia tsiampacca (L.) Figlar & Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia urraoensis (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia utilis (Dandy) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia vazquezii Cruz Durán & K.Vega Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia venezuelensis (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia ventii (N.V.Tiep) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia villosa (Miq.) H.Keng Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia virginiana L. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia viridula (D.L. Fu, T.B. Zhao & G.H. Tian) Noot. Accepted M TRO
Magnolia virolinensis (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia vrieseana (Miq.) Baill. ex Pierre Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia wilsonii (Finet & Gagnep.) Rehder Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia wolfii (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia × wugangensis T.B.Zhao, W.B.Sun & Zhi X.Chen Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia xanthantha (C.Y.Wu ex Y.W.Law & Y.F.Wu) Figlar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia xiana Noot. Accepted M TRO
Magnolia xinganensis Accepted M TRO
Magnolia yarumalensis (Lozano) Govaerts Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia yoroconte Dandy Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia yunnanensis (Hu) Noot. Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia yuyuanensis (Y.W.Law) V.S.Kumar Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia zenii W.C.Cheng Accepted H WCSP
Magnolia zhengyiana (N.H. Xia) Noot. Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 472 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Magnolia. Of these 240 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 185 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Magnolia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 472 species names for the genus Magnolia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 240 50.8%
◕ Synonym 198 41.9%
◕ Unplaced 23 4.9%
◕ Unassessed 11 2.3%

All names

The status of the 657 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Magnolia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 280 42.6%
◕ Synonym 343 52.2%
◕ Unplaced 23 3.5%
◕ Unassessed 11 1.7%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 472 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Magnolia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 231 179 0 0 410 86.9%
Medium confidence 8 14 0 0 22 4.7%
Low confidence 1 5 23 11 40 8.5%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Magnolia, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 9 14 0 7 0 30 6.4%
WCSP 231 184 23 1 0 439 93.0%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.6%