Taxon	Illustrator ⠉
	Magnolia macrophylla Magnolia fraseri Liriodendron tulipifera Magnolia ashei Magnolia pyramidata	John Myers John Myers John Myers John Myers John Myers

Trees, deciduous. Pith diaphragmed. Leaves distinctly alternate, n terminal whorl; stipules tardily deciduous on summer shoots, free. Leaf-blade evenly (2-) 4-6 (-10) -lobed, base rounded to shallowly cordate or truncate, apex broadly truncate or notched; surfaces abaxially glaucous, adaxially lustrous, smooth. Flowers protogynous, appearing with the leaves; tepals (7-) 9, petaloid, tip recurved, greenish yellow with feathered orange band or blotch near base, outermost tepals sepaloid, reflexed, green; stamens on short torus, tardily deciduous, whorled; filaments 1/3-1/2 length of extrorse anthers. Samaras deciduous, indehiscent, in elongate, spindle-shaped, dry cone. Seeds adherent to dry endocarp. x=19.

Distribution

North America, e Asia

Discussion

Species 2 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Liriodendron tulipifera

"/3lengthofextrorseanthers" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.