Magnolia sect. Talauma
Fruit of Magnolia ovata, typical for a former Talauma species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Magnoliaceae
Genus: Magnolia
Section: Magnolia sect. Talauma

Magnolia sect. Talauma is a section of the genus Magnolia in the family Magnoliaceae. It was formerly treated as the separate genus Talauma. It contains only New World species,[1] and is native to Mexico, Panama, Brazil, and the West Indies.[2]

Taxonomy

In 1879, Antoine de Jussieu created the genus Talauma for the species Magnolia plumieri (now a synonym of Magnolia dodecapetala). In 1866, Henri Baillon reduced the genus to a section of Magnolia, M. sect. Talauma. The taxon has also been treated as a subgenus and as a subsection of Magnolia. It contains about 96 species.[2]

Some former Talauma species

References

  1. ^ Figlar, R.B. & H.P. Nooteboom (2004), Notes on Magnoliaceae IV. in: Blumea 49(1): 90.
  2. ^ a b Wang, Y.-B.; Liu, B.-B.; Nie, Z.-L.; Chen, H.-F.; Chen, F.-J.; Figlar, R.B. & Wen, J. (2020). "Major clades and a revised classification of Magnolia and Magnoliaceae based on whole plastid genome sequences via genome skimming". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 58: 673–695. doi:10.1111/jse.12588.


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