Magnolia Classification: Subgenus Yulania
Here you will find the current accepted classification of Magnolia prepared by the Magnolia Society's Scientific Advisor Dick Figlar. For more information on this classification and how it was derived, please see this explanation. For more details on each of the species listed in the classification, please consult the Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, for which several Magnolia Society members serve as peer reviewers.
- Section Michelia
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Subsection Michelia
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        Magnolia angustioblonga
        
Southwestern China.
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        Magnolia baillonii
        
Southwestern China, Vietnam, and Thailand.
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        Magnolia balansae
        
Southern China, and Vietnam.
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        Magnolia banghamii
        
Malaysia and Sumatra.
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        Magnolia braianensis
        
Vietnam.
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        Magnolia cavaleriei
        
Southern China. - 
        Magnolia cavaleriei var. platypetala
        
Eastern China.
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        Magnolia champaca
        
Southern India and Lesser Sunda Islands. - 
        Magnolia champaca var. pubinervia
        
Malay Peninsula and Java.
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        Magnolia chapensis
        
Southern China and Northern Vietnam. - 
        Magnolia citrata
        
Northeastern Thailand.
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        Magnolia compressa
        
Japan and Southwestern China.
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        Magnolia coriacea
        
Southeastern Yunnan, China. - 
        Magnolia doltsopa
        
Southwestern China and the Himalayas. - 
        Magnolia elegantifolia
        
Zhejiang, China.
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        Magnolia ernestii
        
Sichuan, China. - 
        Magnolia ernestii ssp. szechuanica
        
Sichuan, China.
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        Magnolia figo
        
Southeastern China. - 
        Magnolia figo var. crassipes
        
Southeastern China.
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        Magnolia figo var. skinneriana
        
Southeastern China.
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        Magnolia flaviflora
        
Vietnam and Southwestern China.
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        Magnolia floribunda
        
Southern China and Vietnam. - 
        Magnolia foveolata
        
Southern China and Vietnam.
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        Magnolia fujianensis
        
Southeastern China.
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        Magnolia fulva
        
Yunnan, China and Vietnam.
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        Magnolia fulva var. calcicola
        
Yunnan, China.
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        Magnolia gioi
        
Southern China and Vietnam.
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        Magnolia guangdongensis
        
Guangdong, China.
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        Magnolia guangxiensis
        
Guangxi, China.
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        Michelia iteophylla
        
Southeastern Yunnan, China.
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        Magnolia kingii
        
Bangladesh and Assam.
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        Magnolia kisopa
        
Vietnam and Nepal.
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        Magnolia koordersiana
        
Malaysia and Western Sumatra.
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        Magnolia lacei
        
Southwestern China and Vietnam.
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        Magnolia laevifolia
        
Yunnan China.
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        Magnolia lanuginosa
        
Yunnan, China and Nepal.
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        Magnolia leveilleana
        
Southwestern China.
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        Magnolia macclurei
        
Southern China and Northern Vietnam.
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        Magnolia mannii
        
Assam.
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        Magnolia martini
        
Southeastern China and Vietnam.
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        Magnolia masticata
        
Yunnan, China and Laos.
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        Magnolia maudiae
        
Southeastern China and the Hainan Islands. - 
        Magnolia mediocris
        
Southern China and Vietnam. - 
        Magnolia montana
        
Malaysia to Borneo.
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        Magnolia nilagirica
        
Southern India and Sri Lanka.
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        Magnolia oblonga
        
Assam.
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        Magnolia odora
        
Southeastern China and Northern Vietnam. - 
        Magnolia opipara
        
Yunnan, China.
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        Magnolia philippinensis
        
Philippines.
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        Magnolia punduana
        
Assam.
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        Magnolia rajaniana
        
Thailand.
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        Magnolia scortechinii
        
Malay Peninsula and Western Sumatra.
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        Magnolia shiluensis
        
Hainan Islands.
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        Magnolia sirindhorniae
        
Thailand.
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        Magnolia sphaerantha
        
Southwestern China.
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        Magnolia sumatrae
        
Western Sumatra.
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        Magnolia xanthantha
        
Yunnan, China.
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Subsection Elmerrillia
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        Magnolia platyphylla
        
Philippines.
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        Magnolia pubescens
        
Philippines.
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        Magnolia tsiampacca
        
Sumatra and New Guinea.
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        Magnolia tsiampacca ssp. mollis
        
Sumatra and Borneo.
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        Magnolia tsiampacca var. glaberrima
        
Malaysia and New Guinea.
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        Magnolia vrieseana
        
Sulawesi and the Moluccas.
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Subsection Maingola
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        Magnolia annamensis
        
Vietnam.
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        Magnolia carsonii
        
Borneo.
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        Magnolia carsonii var. drymifolia
        
Borneo.
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        Magnolia carsonii var. phaulanta
        
Celebes.
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        Magnolia cathcartii
        
Southwestern China and Burma. - 
        Magnolia griffithii
        
India and Assam.
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        Magnolia gustavii
        
India and Assam.
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        Magnolia macklottii
        
Western Java and Borneo.
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        Magnolia macklottii var. beccariana
        
Sumatra.
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        Magnolia pealiana
        
Assam.
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Subsection Aromadendron
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        Magnolia ashtonii
        
Sumatra and Borneo.
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        Magnolia bintuluensis
        
Sumatra and Borneo.
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        Magnolia borneensis
        
Borneo and the Philippines.
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        Magnolia elegans
        
Sumatra and Java.
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        Magnolia pahangensis
        
Borneo and the Philippines.
 



