Magnolia dodecapetala is a species of flowering plant in the genus Magnolia, family Magnoliaceae. It is a tree native to the Leeward Islands and Windward Islands of the Caribbean. It was described by a French naturalist named Lamarck, and it obtained its current name from a Belgian botanist named Rafaël Herman Anna Govaerts.
References D.G.Frodin & R.H.A.Govaerts, 1996 In: World Checklist Bibliogr. Magnoliaceae : 29
WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families