Taxon: Magnolia macrophylla Michx.

Common names:

• big-leaf magnolia   (Source: Magnolias ) – English
  
• large-leaf cucumber-tree   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• umbrella-tree   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• storbladig magnolia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Gene sources: ornamental features   (fide Magnolias)
  

More:

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)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Ohio [s.-c.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia [w.]

• 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).
• Callaway, D. J. 1994. The world of magnolias. 83–84.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Frodin, D. G. & R. Govaerts. 1996. World checklist and bibliography of Magnoliaceae.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Spongberg, S. A. 1976. Magnoliaceae hardy in temperate North America. J. Arnold Arbor. 57:267–269.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Magnolia macrophylla.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Magnolia macrophylla.

Check other web resources for Magnolia macrophylla Michx.:

• 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
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Magnolia macrophylla 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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