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Family

Magnoliaceae

Magnolia


Magnolia grandiflora
Southern Magnolia
leafy branches with flowers, note rusty undersides of leaves
There are two genera in the Magnolia family that occur in Florida.

Leaves with 4 to 6 lobes and a truncate-emarginate (indented, notched) apex, fruit an aggregation of samaras (winged fruit)....Liriodendron

Entire unlobed leaves, rounded or acute, fruit an aggregation of follicles (dry fruit formed from a single carpel containing multiple seeds and splitting open along the suture)....Magnolia


Members of the Magnoliaceae family at Wild Florida Photo:
Liriodendron - tuliptree

1 species of Liriodendron at Wild Florida Photo

Liriodendron tulipifera
Tuliptree
flower and tuliptree aphids on leaf

Magnolia - magnolia

2 species of Magnolia at Wild Florida Photo

Magnolia grandiflora
Southern Magnolia
side view of flower and leaves

Click on the genus name to see the species of that genus at Wild Florida Photo

Magnoliaceae is a member of the Order Magnoliales 

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