Taxon:
Magnolia virginiana L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:535. 1753
Verified:
07/26/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
- Callaway, D. J. 1994. The world of magnolias 75-77.
- Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
- Frodin, D. G. & R. Govaerts. 1996. World checklist and bibliography of Magnoliaceae URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
- Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Seymour, F. 1969. The flora of New England.
- Spongberg, S. A. 1976. Magnoliaceae hardy in temperate North America. J. Arnold Arbor. 57:265.
- Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource). URL: https://herbarium.utk.edu/vascular/vascular-database.php?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Magnoliaceae&GenusID=Magnolia&SpeciesID=virginiana
Common names
English
laurel magnolia – swamp bay – swamp-laurel – sweet bay – sweet magnolia – French
laurier doux – Swedish
virginiamagnolia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | s.e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | s.e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Delaware | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | District of Columbia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | e. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York (s.e.), Pennsylvania (s.e.)]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia (e.), District of Columbia]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Materials | wood | timber | Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |