? Magnolia hodgsonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Magnoliales Family: Magnoliaceae Genus: Magnolia Species: M. hodgsonii
Binomial name
Magnolia hodgsonii (Hook.f. & Thomson) H.Keng

Magnolia hodgsonii (syn. Talauma hodgsonii), is a species of Magnolia native to the forests of the Himalaya and southeastern Asia, occurring in Bhutan, southwestern China (Xizang), northeastern India, northern Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. It grows at moderate altitudes of 850-1500 m with a subtropical climate. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Young castor oil plant showing its prominent two embryonic leaves (cotyledons), that differ from the adult leaves An example of a trimerous and non-eudicot flower: Magnolia Dicotyledons or dicots are a group of flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Annonaceae Degeneriaceae Eupomatiaceae Himantandraceae Magnoliaceae Myristicaceae The Magnoliales are an order of flowering plants. ... Genera Magnolioideae Elmerillia (4 species) Kmeria (5 species) Magnolia (128 species) Manglietia (29 species) Michelia (49 species) Pachylarnax (2 species) Liriodendroidae Liriodendron (2 species) The Magnoliaceae is a family in the flowering plant Order Magnoliales. ... Species See text. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Joseph Dalton Hooker Dr. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, GCSI , OM , FRS , MD (June 30, 1817 – December 10, 1911) was an English botanist and traveller. ... In scientific classification, synonymy is the existence of multiple systematic names to label the same organism. ... Species See text. ... Perspective view of the Himalaya and Mount Everest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the Tibetan Plateau. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... Xizang (西藏) is the Chinese name for either historic Tibet or the Tibet Autonomous Region. ... Subtropical (or semitropical) areas are those adjacent to the tropics, usually roughly defined as the ranges 23. ...

It is a small evergreen tree up to 15 m tall. The leaves are obovate-oblong, 20-50 cm long and 10-13 cm broad, with a leathery texture. The flowers are fragrant, with nine tepals up to 9 cm long, the inner tepals white, the outer ones greenish; they are produced in April to May. The fruit is 13-15 cm long, composed of an aggregate of 40-80 follicles. A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... The leaves of a Beech tree A leaf with laminar structure and pinnate venation In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Clivia miniata right hereflowers. ... Look up perianth in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ... In botany, a follicle is a type of simple dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants. ...

The wood is "very soft and worthless". Like almost all Himalayan Magnoliaceae, M. hodgsonii flourishes in a stiff clay soil.^[1] Genera Magnolioideae Elmerillia (4 species) Kmeria (5 species) Magnolia (128 species) Manglietia (29 species) Michelia (49 species) Pachylarnax (2 species) Liriodendroidae Liriodendron (2 species) The Magnoliaceae is a family in the flowering plant Order Magnoliales. ... The Gay Head cliffs in Marthas Vineyard are made almost entirely of natural clays. ...

References

1. ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton; J. F. Cathcart and W. H. Fitch (1855). Illustrations of Himalayan plants, 35-36, London: L. Reeve. LCC QK349.33 .H66 1855.

Joseph Dalton Hooker Joseph Dalton Hooker Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, GCSI, OM, FRS, MD (June 30, 1817 – December 10, 1911) was an English botanist and traveller. ... The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) is a system of library classification developed by the Library of Congress. ...

External links

• Flora of China: Magnoliaceae (draft edition). Treates species as Talauma hodgsoni.
• Plant Novelties: Talauma hodgsonii from Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden newsletter