Taxon: Magnolia grandiflora L.

• the 7 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
• Check AABGA/NAPCC Contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• bull bay   (Source: Magnolias ) – English
  
• southern magnolia   (Source: Magnolias ) – English
  
• laurier tulipier   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• taisan-boku   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• kungsmagnolia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide AH 519)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide AH 519)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Lampe & McCann)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Magnolia grandiflora from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama [s.], Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi [s.], North Carolina [e.], South Carolina
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Callaway, D. J. 1994. The world of magnolias. 98–105.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Frodin, D. G. & R. Govaerts. 1996. World checklist and bibliography of Magnoliaceae.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 2000. International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code). Art. 11.2, Ex. 2.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Spongberg, S. A. 1976. Magnoliaceae hardy in temperate North America. J. Arnold Arbor. 57:260–263.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Magnolia grandiflora.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Magnolia grandiflora.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Magnolia grandiflora.

Synonyms:

• (=) Magnolia foetida (L.) Sarg.
  
• (=) Magnolia grandiflora var. exoniensis hort. ex Loudon
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Magnolia grandiflora f. lanceolata (Aiton) Rehder
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other web resources for Magnolia grandiflora L.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Magnolia grandiflora cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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