Family Magnoliaceae Index

Family Magnoliaceae Index
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Being an ancient genus of about 210 species of flowering plants evolved before bees appeared.

Saucer Magnolia
Green Star Magnolia		 Anise Magnolia - Magnolia salicifolia
Anise Magnolia		 Tulip-Tree
Tulip-Tree
Anise Magnolia – Magnolia salicifolia 01/30/2015
Cucumbertree – Magnolia acuminata 01/30/2015
Elizabeth Magnolia – Magnolia 'Elizabeth' 01/30/2015
Family Araliaceae – Ivy and Ginseng Family 01/30/2015
Family Magnoliaceae – Magnolias 01/30/2015
Family Magnoliaceae Index 01/30/2015
Flowering Plants Index 12/16/2014
Green Star Magnolia – Magnolia stellata 'Green Star' 01/30/2015
Houpu Magnolia – Magnolia officinalis 01/30/2015
Ivory Chalice Magnolia – Magnolia 'Ivory Chalice' 01/30/2015
Kobus Magnolia – Magnolia kobus 01/30/2015
Lenne Saucer Magnolia – Magnolia x soulangiana 'Lennei' 01/30/2015
Leonard Messel Magnolia – Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel' 01/30/2015
Lilliputian Saucer Magnolia – Magnolia x soulangiana 'Lilliputian' 01/30/2015
Magnolia Green Jumper – Lyssomanes viridis 01/17/2015
Merrill's Loebner Magnolia – Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill' 01/30/2015
Northern Japanese Magnolia – Magnolia kobus var 'borealis' 01/30/2015
Proctor's Magnolia – Magnolia x proctoriana 01/30/2015
Rohrbach Star Magnolia – Magnolia stellata 'Rohrbach' 01/30/2015
Saucer Magnolia – Magnolia x soulangiana 01/30/2015
Tree Encyclopedia 02/05/2015
Tree Encyclopedia Index 02/07/2015
Tree Index for Mobile 02/07/2015
Tuliptree – Liriodendron tulipifera 01/30/2015
Umbrella Magnolia – Magnolia tripetala 01/30/2015
Wada's Memory Magnolia – Magnolia kobus 'Wada's Memory' 01/30/2015
Whitebark Magnolia – Magnolia hypoleuca 01/30/2015
Yulan Magnolia – Magnolia denudata 01/30/2015

The earliest flowering plants date back about 130 million years. According to Cronquist Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants, the most primitive of all living angiosperms belong to the subclass Magnoliidae. This subclass contains several primitive plant families, including the water-lily family (Nymphaeaceae), buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) and Magnoliaceae. Plants in the magnolia family have the following characteristics:

  • Large flowers with numerous tepals

  • Numerous spirally arranged stamens at the base of a conelike receptacle bearing numerous spirally arranged carpels. At maturity the carpels develop into a woody, conelike aggregate of seed-bearing follicles. Each seed has a fleshy red outer layer (aril) and hangs from its follicle by a threadlike stalk. Other primitive floral characteristics are radial symmetry or actinomorphic (floral parts similar in size & shape), perfect (with functional androecium and gynoecium), complete (with all 4 floral parts: calyx, corolla, androecium & gynoecium), and floral axis (receptacle) elongated. The latter characteristic is clearly visible in the magnolia blossom. With all the woody, spirally arranged carpels (follicles), this axis truly resembles a conelike structure.
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Magnoliaceae – Magnolia Family
The earliest flowering plants date back about 130 million years. According to Cronquist Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants, the most primitive of all living angiosperms belong to the subclass Magnoliidae. This subclass contains several primitive plant families, including the water-lilies (Nymphaeaceae), and buttercups  (Ranunculaceae). Tree Encyclopedia | Tree Index | Magnolia Main