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from Division 5 - Magnoliophyta
Monoecious trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or clustered in false whorls; stipules large and deciduous. Flowers generally solitary, bisexual, hypogynous, often with elongate receptacle. Perianth segments 6–18, often all petaloid. Stamens numerous, free, spirally arranged. Fruit a follicle or indehiscent and berry-like; seeds mostly large.
Contains 12 genera and some 220 species.
Leaves entire; fruits of cone-like heads of follicles, which are persistent on the floral axis 1. Magnolia
Leaves lobed; fruits of cone-like heads of closely overlapping, 2-seeded samaras, which fall at maturity, leaving the persistent, spindle-shaped floral axis on the tree 2. Liriodendron
Magnolia L.
Deciduous, monoecious trees or shrubs. Buds enclosed by stipule scales. Leaves clustered into false whorls or alternate. Flowers appearing before the leaves, terminal on leafy shoots, bisexual. Perianth segments usually 9. Stamens numerous. Styles numerous. Fruits cylindrical.
Contains about 80 species from North America and Asia. Named after Pierre Magnol (1638–1715).
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