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As a whole, the Magnoliaceae are not an economically significant family. With the exception of ornamental cultivation, the economic significance of magnolias is generally confined to the use of wood from certain timber species and the use of bark and flowers from several species believed to possess medicinal qualities.
Magnoliids, Magnoliidae or Magnolianae are a clade of flowering plants.With more than 10,000 species, including magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, tulip tree and many others, it is the third-largest group of angiosperms after the eudicots and monocots. [3]
Magnolia is a large genus of about 210 to 340 [a] flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae.The natural range of Magnolia species is disjunct, with a main center in east, south and southeast Asia and a secondary center in eastern North America, Central America, the West Indies and some species in South America.
Magnoliaceae (magnolia family) 651 Magnolia ashei: ashe magnolia Magnoliaceae (magnolia family) Magnolia fraseri: Fraser magnolia Magnoliaceae (magnolia family) 655 Magnolia grandiflora: southern magnolia Magnoliaceae (magnolia family) 652 Magnolia liliiflora: lily magnolia Magnoliaceae (magnolia family) Magnolia macrophylla: bigleaf magnolia
Magnolia faustinomirandae A.Vázquez - (Mexico); Magnolia grandiflora L. - (SE US); Magnolia guatemalensis Donn. Sm. - (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador). Magnolia ...
Degeneriaceae (two species of trees found on Pacific islands) Eupomatiaceae (three species of trees and shrubs found in New Guinea and eastern Australia) Himantandraceae (two species of trees and shrubs, found in tropical areas in Southeast Asia and Australia) Magnoliaceae (about 225 species including magnolias and tulip trees)
This species is distinguished from other magnolias by the large leaf size, 10–32 inch long and 4–35 inch broad. The largest leaf to be reported by a credible source is 3 ft 8 in (110 centimeters) in length. [3] [4] in addition to a six inch (15 centimeter) petiole. The leaf's width can be up to eighteen inches (45 centimeters).
Magnolia grandiflora, commonly known as the southern magnolia or bull bay, is a tree of the family Magnoliaceae native to the Southeastern United States, from Virginia to central Florida, and west to East Texas. [5]