Magnoliaceae classification-family description and plant list
Cronquist placed the family Magnoliaceae under the order Magnoliales, sub-class Magnoliiadae of the class Magnoliopsida (Dicots). Magnoliaceae classification-family description and plant list.
Family description
| Habit | Shrub or trees. |
| Leaves | Alternate simple, entire with bud scales or stipules covering like buds |
| Inflorescence | Solitary axillary or terminal |
| Flower | Bisexual actinomorphic, acyclic or spirocyclic; receptacle long or convex |
| Perianth | Many, petaloid, outer whorl sepaloid, arranged in whorls or in spirals |
| Androecium | Stamens many free, arranged spirally on conical thalamus, connective of anthers not projecting |
| Gynoecium | Carpels many, apocarpous, spirally arranged on the thalamus which is conical. |
| Seeds | Large, suspended by a silky thread-like funiculus, embryo small, endosperm watery fleshy |
| Fruit | The aggregate of follicles or berries |
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Magnoliaceae classification-family description and plant list
Plant list (Economically important plants)
| Name | Michelia doltsopa |
| Parts used | Wood |
| Importance | Used for furniture, musical instruments, and lite construction |
| Name | Magnolia sp. |
| Parts | Wood |
| Importance | Used for cabinet works |
| Name | Magnolia grandiflora Michelia champaca |
| Importance | Ornamental plants |
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