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Botanical Family · Magnoliales

Magnoliaceae

Magnolia family

6 speciesOrder Magnoliales4+ well-known plants

Ancient family of trees and shrubs with large solitary flowers and many free floral parts arranged spirally — considered primitive. Includes magnolias and champak.

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Representative MAGNOLIACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Magnoliaceae
Key pattern

Large, entire, often leathery leaves on trees and shrubs bearing a big solitary flower with numerous free tepals, stamens, and carpels arranged in a spiral rather than fused whorls — an unusually primitive floral plan.

One of the most ancient surviving flowering-plant lineages, so old that its flowers evolved before bees existed and are still pollinated mainly by beetles today.

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How to recognise the Magnoliaceae family

  • 01

    Leaf arrangement: alternate

  • 02

    Leaf type: simple

  • 03

    Growth forms: tree/shrub

  • 04

    Inflorescence: solitary terminal

  • 05

    Fruit: aggregate follicle

Typical leaf characters

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

  • Flower symmetryVariable
  • InflorescenceVariable
  • FruitFollicle

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

Champak Tree, Champak, Golden Champa, Yellow ChampaMagnolia champacaLily Tree, Magnolia, Large - Flowered Magnolia, Southern MagnoliaMagnolia grandifloraLily MagnoliaMagnolia liliifloraWhite Champak, Neilgiri ChampakMichelia nilagirica

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