The floral biology of the Magnoliaceae

Leonard B. Thien; Shoichi Kawano; Hiroshi Azuma; Shane Latimer; Margaret Devall; Sam Rosso; Stella Elakovich; Victor Rico Gray; David Jobes

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The floral biology of the Magnoliaceae

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Authors:

Leonard B. Thien, Shoichi Kawano, Hiroshi Azuma, Shane Latimer, Margaret Devall, Sam Rosso, Stella Elakovich, Victor Rico Gray, David Jobes

Year:

1996

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In: Hunt, David, ed. Magnolias and their allies. Proceedings of an International Symposium. Egham, Surrey, U.K.: Royal Holloway, University of London: 37-58.

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Abstract

The family Magnoliaceae, a well defined group of trees or shrubs, is a component of the order Magnoliales (subclass Magnoliidae) distributed in temperate (four-fifths of the species) and tropical Asia from the Himalayas eastward to Japan and southeastward through the Malay Archipelago to the New Guinea area (see map, Takhtajan 1969; Law 1984). The remainder of the family is found in the Americas from temperate North America to Brazil, including the West Indies (Heywood 1978; Treseder 1978). Concepts of the reproductive biology of the family, however, are based primarily on studies of various species of Magnolia located in temperate regions of the world (Heiser 1962; Thien 1974; Yasukawa et aL 1992).

Keywords

magnolia

Citation

Thien, Leonard B.; Kawano, Shoichi; Azuma, Hiroshi; Latimer, Shane; Devall, Margaret S.; Rosso, Sam; Elakovich, Stella; Gray, Victor Rico; Jobes, David. 1996. The floral biology of the Magnoliaceae. In: Hunt, David, ed. Magnolias and their allies. Proceedings of an International Symposium. Egham, Surrey, U.K.: Royal Holloway, University of London: 37-58.