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 Talauma

• Subsection Talauma

• Magnolia allenii

  Standl.

  Panama.

• Magnolia amazonica

  Ducke

  Brazil.

• Magnolia arcabucoana

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia bankardiorum

  M.O.Dillon & Sánchez Vega

  Peru. Read about the discovery of this species in a Magnolia Society Journal article by Michael O. Dillon, Curator Emeritus at The Field Museum in Chicago, IL.

• Magnolia boliviana

  (M. Nee) Govaerts

  Bolivia.

• Magnolia caricifragrans

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia cespedesii

  (Triana & Planch) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia chocoensis

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia coronata

  M.Serna, C.Velásquez & Cogollo

  Colombia.

• Magnolia dixonii

  (Little) Govaerts

  Ecuador.

• Magnolia dodecapetala

  (Lam.) Govaerts

  Lesser Antilles.

• Magnolia espinalii

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia georgii

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia gilbertoi

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia gloriensis

  (Pittier) Govaerts

  Central America.

• Magnolia henaoi

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia hernandezii

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia irwiniana

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Brazil.

• Magnolia jardinensis

  M.Serna, C.Velásquez & Cogollo

  Colombia.

• Magnolia katiorum

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia mexicana

  DC.

  Mexico.

• Magnolia minor

  (Urb.) Govaerts

  Cuba.

• Magnolia morii

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Panama.

• Magnolia narinensis

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia neillii

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Ecuador.

• Magnolia ovata

  (A. St. Hil.) Spreng.

  Brazil.

• Magnolia polyhypsophilla

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia rimachii

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Peru and Ecuador.

• Magnolia sambuensis

  (Pittier) Govaerts

  Panama and Colombia.

• Magnolia santanderiana

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia sellowiana

  (A. St. Hil.) Govaerts

  Brazil.

• Magnolia silvioi

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia venezuelensis

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Venezuela.

• Magnolia virolinensis

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia wolfii

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Subsection Dugandiodendron

• Magnolia argyrothricha

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia calimaensis

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia calophylla

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia cararensis

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia chimantensis

  Steyermark & Maguire

  Venezuela.

• Magnolia colombiana

  (Little) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia guatapensis

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia lenticellata

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia magnifolia

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia mahechae

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia ptaritepuiana

  Steyermark

  Venezuela.

• Magnolia striatifolia

  Little

  Colombia and Ecuador.

• Magnolia urraoensis

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Magnolia yarumalensis

  (Lozano) Govaerts

  Colombia.

• Subsection Cubenses

• Magnolia cristalensis

  Bisse

  Cuba.

• Magnolia cubensis ssp. acunae

  Imkhan

  Cuba.

• Magnolia cubensis ssp. cacuminicola

  (Bisse) G.Klotz

  Cuba.

• Magnolia cubensis ssp. turquinensis

  Imkhan

  Cuba.

• Magnolia cubensis

  Urb.

  Cuba.

• Magnolia domingensis

  Urb.

  Haiti.

• Magnolia ekmannii

  Urb.

  Haiti.

• Magnolia emarginata

  Urb. & Echman

  Haiti.

• Magnolia hamorii

  Howard

  Dominican Republic.

• Magnolia pallescens

  Urban & Ekman

  Dominican Republic.

• Magnolia portoricensis

  Bello

  Puerto Rico.

• Magnolia splendens

  Urban

  Puerto Rico.