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Family: Magnoliaceae (magnolias) Life
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Two genera and 227 species, indigenous to the Americas and
Southeast Asia to Malesia. Both genera and species are cultivated in southern
Africa.
Genera cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Magnolia
16 species cultivated, including three species previously placed in the
genus Michelia (now synonymised with Magnolia). |
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Liriodendron
Two species cultivated. |
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Illicium
verum (Star anise) use to be included in the Magnoliaceae but is now in
the Illiciaceae.
Drimys was once placed in the Magnoliaceae, but now
falls in the Winteraceae.
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