Magnolia is a genus of plants of the family Magnoliaceae. It includes over 80 species of trees and shrubs to slow growth, but in some species such as Magnolia campbelli Magnolia officinalis and may exceed 20 m in height, with interesting flowers, native to North and Central America, Asia and the Himalayas.
The genus name was given by Charles Plumier in honor of Pierre Magnol 1638-1715 French physician and botanist, director of the botanical garden of Montpellier, who introduced the concept of family in botanical classification.
The Magnolia leaves are alternate, oval or elliptical, generally large and leathery, perennial or deciduous, flowers solitary, large, generally cup-shaped, with perianth consists of 6-9 petals petaloids (undifferentiated petals and sepals), stamens numerous are laminated, the carpels are arranged on the receptacle cone, a flower is considered by botanists primitive, so that wrong for a long time it was considered Magnoliaceae that they were the first angiosperms appeared on earth (the oldest fossil of this family dates back 95 million years ago). The fruits are ovoid in
infructescenses cones contain seeds shiny red or orange.
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