Magnolia acuminata (L.) L.

Magnolia acuminata (Linnaeus) Linnaeus
This specimen represents a part of a transitional
series of populations, recognized here as part
of the variation found in variety acuminata and
variety subcordata (Spach) Dandy,
section: Tulipastrum (Spach) Dandy
Det. John David Tobe May 1993
Clemson University (CLEMS)
FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA
Magnolia acuminata (L.) L.
Examined by Frederick G. Meyer, 1990
U. S. NATIONAL ARBORETUM, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Magnolia acuminata L.
PLANTAE EXSICCATAE GRAYANAE
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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variety
Determined at the University of Michigan by James W. Hardin
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1348. Magnolia cordata Michx.
FI. Bor.-Am. i. 328 (1803); Michx. f. Hist. Arb. Am.
iii. 87, t. 4 (l81S); Pursh, FI. Am. Sept. 382 (l814)
Lindi, in Bot. Reg. iv. t. 325 ( 1818) ; DC. Syst. i. 455
(1818) et Prod. i. 80 (l824); Torr. & Gray, FI. N. Am
i. 43 ( 1838); Chapm. FI. So. U.S. 14 (i860); Sargent
Man. Trees N. Am. 344, fig. 311 (l922).
Syn. M. acuminata var. cordata (Michx.) Sargent in Am
Joum. Sci. ser. 3, xxxii. 473 (1886) et Silva N. Am. i. 8,
t. 6 (1890); Rehder, Man. Cult. Trees & Shrubs, 253
(l927). Tulipastrum cordatum (Michx.) Small, FI. Se. U.S
451, 1331 (1903) et Man. Se. FI. 534 (l933).
Flowers and young leaves. A tree about 7.5 m. tall and 2 dm
in diameter; petals covered with a loose waxy bloom, the outer
petals greenish yellow, the inner cream-yellow.
In open woods, among large granite boulders, just south
of Lexington, Ogelthorpe County, Georgia.
Coll. W. H. Duncan (no. 4748)	April 18, 1942
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