MAGNOLIACEAE The Magnolia Family |
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The Magnoliaceae is a small family, but many species are extensively planted as ornamentals. Best known are the Magnolia sp. and the tulip tree, Liriodendron. Some are also used for lumber. They have traditionally been considered as a prototypical "primitive" angiosperm, being woody and having many spirally arranged parts (tepals, stamens, carpels). Now there is some disagreement, however, about whether or not these characteristics are "primitive." |
Site created and maintained by Matthew Willmann and Melissa Luckow Cornell University, Ithaca, New York September 1998 |
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