Family · Magnoliids & basal
Magnoliaceae
Magnolias
Trees and shrubs with large solitary flowers of many spirally arranged parts, considered an ancient angiosperm floral form.
- Accepted species
- 381accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 2accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈65 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Magnolia
- Liriodendron (tulip tree)
Genera
Magnolia379 spp.
Liriodendron2 spp.
Where it grows
- Southern America144
- Asia-Temperate132
- Asia-Tropical112
- Northern America45
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Magnoliaceae sits in the order Magnoliales.