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 Kmeria
• Magnolia duperreana

  Pierre

  Vietnam and Cambodia.

• Magnolia kwangsiensis

  Figlar & Noot.

  Yunnan and Guangxi, China.

• Magnolia thailandica

  Noot. & Chalermglin

  Thailand.

• Section Rhytidospermum

• Subsection Rhytidospermum

• Magnolia obovata

  Thunb.

  Japan.

• Magnolia officinalis

  Rehd. & Wilson

  Western China.

• Magnolia officinalis var. biloba

  Rehder & E.H.Wilson

  Eastern China.

• Magnolia rostrata

  W.W.Smith

  Southwestern China.

• Magnolia tripetala

  (L.) L.

  Southeastern United States.

• Subsection Oyama

• Magnolia globosa

  Hook.f. & Thoms.

  Nepal and Burma.

• Magnolia sieboldii

  K. Koch

  Korea and Eastern China.

• Magnolia sieboldii ssp. japonica

  K. Ueda

  Japan.

• Magnolia sieboldii ssp. sinensis 

  (Rehder & Wilson) Spongberg

  Central China.

• Magnolia wilsonii

  (Finet. & Gagnep.) Rehder

  Southwestern China.

• Section Auriculata
• Magnolia fraseri

  Walt.

  Southeastern United States.

• Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata

  (Bartram) Pampanini

  Southeastern United States.

• Section Macrophylla
• Magnolia macrophylla

  Michx.

  Southeastern United States.

• Magnolia macrophylla var. ashei

  (Weath.) D.L.Johnson

  Southeastern United States.

• Magnolia macrophylla var. dealbata

  (Zucc.) D.L.Johnson

  Eastern Mexico.