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 Manglietia
• Magnolia aromatica

  (Dandy) V.S. Kumar

  Southern China.

• Magnolia blaoensis

  (Gagnep.) Dandy

  Vietnam.

• Magnolia calophylloides

  Figlar & Noot.

  Western Sumatra.

• Magnolia caveana

  (Hook.f. & Thoms.) D.C. Raju & M.P. Nayer

  Assam and Northern Burma.

• Magnolia changhuntana

  Noot.

  Guangdong, China.

• Magnolia chevalieri

  (Dandy) V.S. Kumar

  Vietnam and Laos.

• Magnolia conifera

  (Dandy) V.S. Kumar

  Southeastern China and Vietnam.

• Magnolia conifera var. chingii

  (Dandy) V.S. Kumar

  Southeastern China.

• Magnolia crassipes

  (Y.W. Law) V.S. Kumar

  Guangxi, China.

• Magnolia dandyi

  (Gapnep.) Dandy

  Southern China, Vietnam, and Laos.

• Magnolia decidua

  (Q.Y. Zheng) V.S. Kumar

  Jiangxi, China.

• Magnolia duclouxii

  Finet & Gagnep.

  Vietnam and Southwestern China.

• Magnolia figlarii

  V.S. Kumar (Manglietia szechuanica Hu)

  Sichuan, China.

• Magnolia fordiana

  (Oliv.) Hu

  Vietnam and Southern China.

• Magnolia fordiana var. calcarea

  (X.H. Song) Chen & Noot.

  Guizhou, China.

• Magnolia fordiana var. forrestii

  (W.W. Sm. Ex Dandy) Chen & Noot.

  Southwestern China.

• Magnolia fordiana var. hainanensis

  (Dandy) Noot.

  Hainan Islands and China.

• Magnolia garrettii

  (Craib) V.S. Kumar

  Southwestern China, Vietnam, and Thailand.

• Magnolia grandis

  (Hu & W.C. Cheng) V.S. Kumar

  Yunnan, China.

• Magnolia hongheensis

  (Y.M.Shui & W.H.Chen) V.S.Kumar

  Southeastern Yunnan, China.

• Magnolia hookeri

  Cubitt & W.W. Sm.

  Southwestern China, Northern Burma, and Thailand.

• Magnolia insignis

  Wall.

  China, Nepal, and Burma.

• Magnolia kwangtungensis

  Merr.

  Southeastern China.

• Magnolia lanuginosoides

  Figlar & Noot.

  Sumatra.

• Magnolia longipedunculata

  (Q.W.Zeng & Law) V.S.Kumar

  Guangdong, China.

• Magnolia lucida

  (B.L. Chen & S.C. Yang) V.S. Kumar

  Southwestern China.

• Magnolia obovalifolia

  (C.Y. Yu & Law) V.S. Kumar

  Southern China.

• Magnolia ovoidea

  (H.T. Chang & B.L. Chen) V.S. Kumar

  Yunnan, China.

• Magnolia patungensis

  (Hu) Noot.

  Central China.

• Magnolia rufibarbata

  (Dandy) V.S. Kumar

  Vietnam.

• Magnolia sabahensis

  (Dandy ex Noot.) Figlar & Noot.

  Borneo.

• Magnolia sapaensis

  (N.H.Xia & Q.N.Vu) Grimshaw & Macer

  Fansipan, Vietnam.

• Magnolia sumatrana

  (Miq.) Figlar & Noot.

  Western Sumatra.

• Magnolia sumatrana var. glauca

  (Blume) Figlar & Noot.

  Sumatra, Jawa, and Sulawesi.

• Magnolia utilis

  (Dandy) V.S. Kumar

  Northern Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, and Borneo.

• Magnolia ventii

  (N.V. Tiep) V.S. Kumar

  Yunnan, China.

• Magnolia xinganensis

  Noot.

  Guangxi, China.

• Magnolia yuyuanensis

  (Y.W. Law) V.S. Kumar

  Eastern China.

• Magnolia zhengyiana

  (N.H.Xia) Noot.

  Yunnan, China.