Common Names - Magnolia Family | Synonyms - |
Authority - Juss. | Total Number of genera - 12 |
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 230 |
Plant forms - Tree/Shrub | |
World Distribution - Tropical to warm & temperate areas, esp. eastern North America to tropical America | |
Comments - The family ranges across eastern North America, Mexico and Central America, the West Indies, tropical South America, southern and eastern India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia, China, Japan, and Korea. Has commercial timbers. |
1 - Aromadendron. 2 - Elmerrillia. 3 - Liriodendron. 4 - Magnolia. 5 - Manglietia. 6 - Michelia. 7 - Pachylarnax. 8 - Talauma. |