Magnolia Classification

Here you will find the current accepted classification of Magnolia prepared by the Magnolia Society's Scientific Advisor Dick Figlar. For more information on this classification and how it was derived, please see this explanation. For more details on each of the species listed in the classification, please consult the Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, for which several Magnolia Society members serve as peer reviewers.

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• Subgenus  |  Magnolia
•   Section  |  Magnolia
•   Section  |  Gwillimia
•     Subsection  |  Gwillimia
•     Subsection  |  Blumiana
•   Section  |  Talauma
•     Subsection  |  Talauma
•     Subsection  |  Dugandiodendron
•     Subsection  |  Cubenses
•   Section  |  Manglietia
•   Section  |  Kmeria
•     Section  |  Rhytidospermum
•     Subsection  |  Rhytidospermum
•     Subsection  |  Oyama
•   Section  |  Auriculata
•   Section  |  Macrophylla
• Subgenus  |  Yulania
•   Section  |  Yulania
•     Subsection  |  Yulania
•     Subsection  |  Tulipastrum
•   Section  |  Michelia
•     Subsection  |  Michelia
•     Subsection  |  Elmerrillia
•     Subsection  |  Maingola
•     Subsection  |  Aromadendron
• Subgenus  |  Gynopodium
•   Section  |  Gynopodium
•   Section  |  Manglietiastrum

• Section Magnolia
• Magnolia grandiflora

  L.

  Southeast United States.

• Magnolia guatemalensis

  Donn.Sm.

  Guatemala.

• Magnolia guatemalensis ssp. hondurensis

  (Molina) Vazquez

  El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.

• Magnolia guerrerensis

  J.Jiménez Ram., K.Vega & Cruz Durán

  Guerrero, Mexico.

• Magnolia iltisiana

  Vazquez

  Western Mexico.

• Magnolia krusei

  J.Jiménez Ram. & Cruz Durán

  Guerrero, Mexico.

• Magnolia pacifica

  Vazquez

  Western Mexico.

• Magnolia pacifica ssp. pugana

  Iltis & Vazquez

  Western Mexico.

• Magnolia pacifica ssp. tarahumara

  Vazquez

  Western Mexico.

• Magnolia panamensis

  Vazquez & Iltis

  Panama.

• Magnolia poasana

  (Pittier) Dandy

  Costa Rica and Panama.

• Magnolia schiedeana

  Schltdl.

  Eastern Mexico.

• Magnolia sharpii

  Meranda

  Chiapas, Mexico.

• Magnolia sororum

  Seibert

  Panama.

• Magnolia sororum ssp. lutea

  Vazquez

  Costa Rica and Panama.

• Magnolia tamaulipana

  Vazquez

  Northeast Mexico.

• Magnolia vazquezii

  Cruz Durán & K.Vega

  Guerrero, Mexico.

• Magnolia virginiana

  Linn

  Eastern United States.

• Magnolia virginiana var. australis

  Sarg.

  Southeastern United States.

• Magnolia virginiana var. oviedoae

  Palmarola, M.S.Romanov & A.V.Bobrov

  North-central Cuba.

• Magnolia yoroconte

  Dandy

  Honduras.