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 Gwillimia

• Subsection Gwillimia

• Magnolia albosericea

  Chun & Tsoong.

  Hainan Islands.

• Magnolia bawangensis

  Law, R.Z.Zhou & D.M.Liu

  Hainan Islands.

• Magnolia championii

  Benth

  Southern and Southeastern China.

• Magnolia clemensiorum

  Dandy

  Tourane Provence, Vietnam.

• Magnolia coco

  (Lour.) DC

  Southeastern China.

• Magnolia delavayi

  Franchet.

  Yunnan, China.

• Magnolia fistulosa

  (finet & Gagnep.) Dandy

  Southeastern Yunnan, China.

• Magnolia henryi

  Dunn

  Yunnan, China.

• Magnolia nana

  Dandy

  Vietnam.

• Magnolia odoratissima

  Law et Zhou

  Southern China.

• Magnolia pterocarpa

  Roxb.

  Nepal and Burma.

• Magnolia xiana

  Noot.

  Fujian, China.

• Subsection Blumiana

• Magnolia angatensis

  Blanco

  Philippines.

• Magnolia beccarii

  (Ridley) ined.

  Borneo.

• Magnolia betongensis

  (Craib) H.Keng

  Borneo.

• Magnolia gigantifolia

  (Miq.) Noot.

  Borneo and Sumatra.

• Magnolia hodgsonii

  (Hook.f. & Thom.) H.Keng

  Nepal and Burma.

• Magnolia lasia

  Noot.

  Borneo.

• Magnolia liliifera

  (L.) Baillon

  Southeast Asia.

• Magnolia mariusjacobsia

  Noot.

  Borneo.

• Magnolia persuaveolens

  Dandy

  Borneo.

• Magnolia persuaveolens ssp. rigida

  Noot.

  Borneo.

• Magnolia persuaveolens var. pubescens

  Noot.

  Borneo.

• Magnolia rabaniana

  Hook.f. & Thomson D.C.S.Raju & M.P.Nayer

  Khasia Hills, Assam.

• Magnolia sarawakensis

  (Agostini) Noot.

  Borneo.

• Magnolia singapurensis

  (Ridl.) H.Keng

  Singapore and Sumatra.

• Magnolia villosa

  (Miq.) H.Keng

  Sumatra and Borneo.