Magnolia grandiflora

ClassificationDicots
FamilyMagnoliaceae
Family (Traditional)Magnoliaceae
GenusMagnolia
Species:Magnolia grandiflora L.
Common NameSouthern Magnolia
Growth Habittree
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: CCNMP; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: tree; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Evergreen; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Rank: spiral; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Multiple; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Follicle; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: solitary; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 13+; Placentation Type: Marginal; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 13+; Tepal Number: 13+
C value 1
StatusNative; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Magnolia foetida Magnolia foetida

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Calloway (KY), Daviess (KY), Hardin (KY), Henderson (KY), Hopkins (KY), Jefferson (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), Madison (KY), Warren (KY), Anderson (TN), Bedford (TN), Bradley (TN), Cannon (TN), Coffee (TN), Davidson (TN), Dyer (TN), Franklin (TN), Gibson (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Knox (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lewis (TN), Loudon (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN), Union (TN), Warren (TN), Weakley (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, MEM, MTSU, SWMT, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1939 - 2017

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
BEREA016542 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101810 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101812 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0009967 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0081716 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0081717 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0081709 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
HTTU020814 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia grandiflora
HTTU029578 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001226 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001312 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001272 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001306 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001285 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001264 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
31234100519600 Madison Kentucky 04 May 1968 C. Haynes
EKY
Magnolia grandiflora
31234100715851 Daviess Kentucky 03 Apr 1994 J. E. Settles
12
EKY
Magnolia grandiflora
BEREA016544 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Magnolia grandiflora
BEREA016547 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0210515 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
UCHT012667 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia grandiflora
UCHT012666 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0055943 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0064410 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
HTTU021818 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001228 Franklin Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001299 Williamson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001284 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001237 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001308 Williamson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
31234100519592 Madison Kentucky 02 May 1981 Ruth Stephenson
22
EKY
Magnolia grandiflora
31234100519584 Madison Kentucky 01 May 1968 Dolores Reppert
EKY
Magnolia grandiflora
31234100519618 Madison Kentucky 04 May 1968 P. Byrley
s.n.
EKY
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101801 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101809 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101816 Union Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
UCHT012659 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0081706 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0079861 Warren Kentucky 27 Jan 1997
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0103016 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
HTTU028519 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001280 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001251 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001255 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001225 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
31234100519626 Madison Kentucky 21 Jul 1965 B. S. Blakenship
EKY
Magnolia grandiflora
31234100519576 Henderson Kentucky Not shown-Not shown-Not shown Bryan Magnus
s.n.
EKY
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101806 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101814 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
UCHT012664 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia grandiflora
UCHT012670 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0107873 Hopkins Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0100014 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0092977 Calloway Kentucky 07 Dec 2017 Mason Brock
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0009966 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0009968 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
HTTU020815 Rutherford Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001263 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001254 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001222 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
31234100519568 Daviess Kentucky 03 Apr 1994 J. E. Settles
12
EKY
Magnolia grandiflora
BEREA016546 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101815 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101808 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101804 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
UCHT012663 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia grandiflora
UCHT012661 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0081720 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0081705 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0064411 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
HTTU021815 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia grandiflora
HTTU020813 Hamilton Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia grandiflora
HTTU020810 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001259 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001286 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
31234100519550 McCracken Kentucky 05 Nov 1994 Timothy J. Weckman
1190
EKY
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101813 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101799 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101805 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101800 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101807 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
UCHT012658 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia grandiflora
UCHT012660 Houston Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0045793 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0107872 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0064409 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
HTTU021816 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001261 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001227 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001242 Knox Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
BEREA016543 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101802 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101803 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
UCHT012672 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia grandiflora
APSC0009969 Coffee Tennessee 01 Mar 2007 Dwayne Estes
APSC
Magnolia grandiflora
HTTU020811 Humphreys Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001277 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001293 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001281 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001240 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001294 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001244 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001241 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001246 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001268 Putnam Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
BEREA016545 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Magnolia grandiflora
TENN-V-0101811 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Magnolia grandiflora
UCHT012662 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia grandiflora
HTTU021817 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001282 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001270 Williamson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001300 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001238 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001247 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001253 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001220 Coffee Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001273 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001287 Lawrence Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001301 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
UCHT031494 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001245 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001239 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001250 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001258 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001230 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
UTM00080 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Magnolia grandiflora
UTM00081 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Magnolia grandiflora
MEM008884 Shelby Tennessee 19 Jun 1972 John E. Thompson Jr.
975
MEM
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001260 Lewis Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001243 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001309 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001288 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001234 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001269 Franklin Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001262 Grundy Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001265 Logan Kentucky
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
UCHT031495 Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia grandiflora
SWMT00181 Tennessee Mimi Ward and Eline Toulon
SWMT
Magnolia grandiflora
SWMT00198 Shelby Tennessee 18 May 1939 Baird Gardner Noce
SWMT
Magnolia grandiflora
SWMT00197 Shelby Tennessee 21 Apr 1975 James H. Graves
n.s.
SWMT
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001224 Williamson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001219 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001274 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001221 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001256 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001266 Cannon Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001298 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
UCHT039433 Montgomery Tennessee
UCHT
Magnolia grandiflora
UTM02555 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Magnolia grandiflora
UTM00079 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001283 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001278 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001292 Dyer Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001249 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001252 Warren Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001311 Bedford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001296 Bedford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001307 Wilson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001310 Wilson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001304 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001295 Sumner Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001290 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001236 Morgan Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001231 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001303 Morgan Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001248 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001275 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001267 Franklin Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001291 Sumner Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001297 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
UOS03785 Franklin Tennessee 13 Nov 2002 Jeanne Lumpkin
UOS
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001279 Williamson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001276 Coffee Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001235 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001302 Rutherford Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001305 Williamson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001232 Marshall Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001271 Stewart Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001289 Davidson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
MTSU001233 Williamson Tennessee
MTSU
Magnolia grandiflora
UOS03789 Franklin Tennessee 05 Jun 2007 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Magnolia grandiflora
MEM000608 Shelby Tennessee 08 May 1966 Natalie Howard
40
MEM
Magnolia grandiflora
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