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|taxon = Magnoliaceae
 
|fossil_range = {{fossil range|80|0}}{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}[[Cretaceous]] - Recent
 
|image = Sweetbay1082.jpg
 
|image_caption = ''Magnolia virginiana''
 
|authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]<ref name=APGIII2009>{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122630309/abstract | format= PDF |accessdate=2013-06-26 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x }}</ref>
 
|subdivision_ranks = Genera
 
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Subfamily '''Magnolioideae'''
 
*Tribe '''Magnolieae'''
 
**''[[Kmeria]]'' (5 species)
 
**''[[Magnolia]]'' (128 species)
 
**''[[Manglietia]]'' (29 species)
 
**''[[Pachylarnax]]'' (2 species)
 
* Tribe '''Michelieae'''
 
**''[[Elmerrillia]]'' (4 species)
 
**''[[Michelia]]'' (49 species)
 
Subfamily '''Liriodendroidae'''
 
*''[[Liriodendron]]'' (2 species)
 
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The '''Magnoliaceae''' {{IPAc-en|m|ae|g|,|n|oh|l|i|'|ay|s|ee}} are a [[Angiosperm|flowering plant]] family, the '''magnolia family''',  in the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Magnoliales]]. It consists of two subfamilies:
 
'''Magnolioideae''', of which ''[[Magnolia]]'' is the most well-known genus, and '''Liriodendroidae''', a monogeneric subfamily, of which ''[[Liriodendron]]'' (tulip trees) is the only genus.
 
 
 
Unlike most angiosperms, whose [[flower]] parts are in [[whorl (botany)|whorls]] (rings), the Magnoliaceae have their stamens and pistils in spirals on a conical receptacle.<ref name="Zomlefer1994">{{cite book | last = Zomlefer| first = Wndy B. | title = Guide to Flowering Plant Families| publisher = The University of North Carolina Press | year = 1994| pages = 430| isbn = 978-0-8078-4470-0}}</ref> This arrangement is found in some fossil plants and is believed to be a [[Basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] or early condition for angiosperms. The flowers also have parts not distinctly differentiated into [[sepal]]s and [[petal]]s, while angiosperms that evolved later tend to have distinctly differentiated sepals and petals.  The poorly differentiated [[perianth]] parts that occupy both positions are known as [[tepal]]s.
 
 
 
The family has about 219 species in seven genera, although some classification systems include all of subfamily Magnolioideae in genus ''Magnolia''. The family ranges across subtropical eastern [[North America]], [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]], the [[West Indies]], tropical [[South America]], southern and eastern [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Indochina]], [[Malesia]], [[China]], [[Japan]], and [[Korea]].
 
 
 
==Genera==
 
 
 
The genera in the family include ''[[Lirianthe]]'', ''[[Liriodendron]]'', ''[[Magnolia]]'', ''[[Michelia]]'', and ''[[Yulania]]''.
 
 
 
== Description ==
 
[[File:Magnòlia_a_Verbania.JPG|thumb|right|In magnolias, the flower parts are arranged spirally, not in [[whorl (botany)|whorls]].]]
 
The [[monophyly]] of Magnoliaceae is supported by a number of shared morphological characters among the various genera in the family.  Most have bisexual flowers (with the exception of ''Kmeria'' and some species of ''Magnolia'' section ''Gynopodium''), showy, fragrant, radial, and with an elongated receptacle. Leaves are alternate, simple, and sometimes lobed. The [[inflorescence]] is a solitary, showy flower with indistinguishable petals and sepals. Sepals range from six to many; [[stamens]] are numerous and feature short [[wiktionary:Filaments|filaments]] which are poorly differentiated from the [[anthers]]. [[Carpels]] are usually numerous, distinct, and on an elongated [[Receptacle (botany)|receptacle]] or torus.<ref name="Zomlefer1994" /> The [[fruit]] is an etario of follicles which usually become closely appressed as they mature and open along the abaxial surface. Seeds have a fleshy coat and color that ranges from red to orange (except ''Liriodendron''). Magnoliaceae flowers are  [[beetle]] pollinated, except for ''Liriodendron'', which is [[bee]] pollinated. The carpels of'' Magnolia'' flowers are especially thick to avoid damage by beetles that land, crawl, and feast on them. The seeds of Magnolioideae are bird dispersed, while the seeds of ''Liriodendron'' are wind dispersed.
 
 
 
== Biogeography ==
 
Due to its great age, the geographical distribution of the Magnoliaceae has become [[Disjunct distribution|disjunct]] or fragmented as a result of major geologic events such as [[ice age]]s, [[continental drift]], and [[Orogeny|mountain formation]]. This distribution pattern has isolated some species, while keeping others in close contact.
 
Extant species of the Magnoliaceae are widely distributed in temperate and tropical Asia from the [[Himalayas]] to Japan and southwest through Malaysia and New Guinea.  Asia is home to about two-thirds of the species in Magnoliaceae, with the remainder of the family spread across the Americas with temperate species extending into southern Canada and tropical elements extending into Brazil and the West Indies.
 
 
 
== Systematics ==
 
Due to the family-wide morphological similarity, no consensus has yet emerged on the number of genera in the family. The development of [[DNA]] sequencing at the end of the 20th century had a profound impact on the research of phylogenetic relationships within the family.
 
The employment of ndhF and cpDNA sequences has refuted many of the traditionally accepted phylogenetic relationships within the Magnoliaceae. For example, the genera ''Magnolia'' and ''Michelia'' were shown to be paraphyletic when the remaining four genera of the Magnolioideae are split out. In fact, even many of the subgenera (''Magnolia'' subg. ''Magnolia'', ''Magnolia'' subg. ''Talauma'') have been found to be paraphyletic. Although no completely resolved [[phylogeny]] for the family has yet been determined, these technological advances have allowed systematists to broadly circumscribe major lineages.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Azuma, H., García-Franco, J. G., Rico-Gray, V., and Thien, L. B. | year = 2001 | title = Molecular phylogeny of the Magnoliaceae: the biogeography of tropical and temperate disjunctions | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 88 | pages = 2275–2285 | url = http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/88/12/2275 | doi = 10.2307/3558389 | jstor = 3558389 | issue = 12 | publisher = Botanical Society of America | pmid = 21669660 }}</ref>
 
 
 
== Economic significance ==
 
 
 
As a whole, the Magnoliaceae are not an economically significant family. With the exception of ornamental cultivation, the economic significance of magnolias is generally confined to the use of wood from certain timber species and the use of bark and flowers from several species believed to possess medicinal qualities.  The wood of the American tuliptree, ''[[Liriodendron tulipifera]]'' and the wood of the cucumbertree magnolia, ''[[Magnolia acuminata]]'', and, to a lesser degree, that of the Frasier magnolia, ''[[Magnolia fraseri]]'', are harvested and marketed collectively as "yellow poplar." This is a lightweight and exceptionally fine-grained wood, lending itself to precision woodworking for purposes such as [[pipe organ]] building.
 
 
 
Magnolias have a rich cultural tradition in China, where references to their healing qualities go back thousands of years. The Chinese have long used the bark of ''[[Magnolia officinalis]]'', a magnolia native to the mountains of China with large leaves and fragrant white flowers, as a remedy for cramps, abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea, and indigestion. Certain magnolia flowers, such as the buds of ''[[Magnolia liliiflora]]'', have been used to treat chronic respiratory and sinus infections and lung congestion. Recently, magnolia bark has become incorporated into alternative medicine in the west, where tablets made from the bark of ''M. officinalis'' have been marketed as an aid for anxiety, allergies, asthma, and weight loss. Compounds found in magnolia bark might have antibacterial and antifungal properties, but no large-scale study on the health effects of magnolia bark or flowers has yet been conducted.
 
 
 
== References ==
 
{{reflist}}
 
* Hunt, D. (ed). 1998. ''Magnolias and their allies''. International Dendrology Society & Magnolia Society. {{ISBN|0-9517234-8-0}}
 
 
 
==Further reading==
 
*Cicuzza, D., Newton, A. and Oldfield, S. 2007. [http://www.bgci.org/files/Media_Kit/magnolia_red_list_.pdf The Red List of Magnoliaceae] Flora & Fauna International (FFI) and Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) report. {{ISBN|978-1-903703-23-6}}
 
*[http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00606-005-0361-1 F. Xu, P. J. Rudall. Comparative floral anatomy and ontogeny in Magnoliaceae. Plant Systematics and Evolution April 2006, Volume 258, Issue 1-2, pp 1-15]
 
 
 
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