The genus Magnolia s.l. has been divided in three subgenera, 12 sections, and 13 subsections. The list below is divided according to the Magnolia Society's 2012 classification.
Subgenus Magnolia Anthers open by splitting at the front facing the centre of the flower, deciduous or evergreen, flowers produced after the leaves.
Section Magnolia Magnolia faustinomirandae A.Vázquez - (Mexico) Magnolia grandiflora L. - (SE US) — southern magnolia Magnolia guatemalensis Donn. Sm. - (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) Magnolia guatemalensis subsp. guatemalensis (Guatemala) Magnolia guatemalensis subsp. hondurensis (Molina) Vazquez (Honduras, El Salvador) Magnolia guerrerensis J.Jiménez Ram., K.Vega & Cruz Durán (Mexico) Magnolia iltisiana Vazquez (W Mexico) Magnolia krusei J.Jiménez Ram. & Cruz Durán (Mexico) Magnolia oaxacensis A.Vázquez (Mexico) Magnolia pacifica Vazquez (W Mexico) Magnolia pacifica subsp. pacifica (W Mexico) Magnolia pacifica subsp. pugana Iltis & Vazquez (W Mexico) Magnolia panamensis Vazquez & Iltis (Panama) Magnolia pedrazae A.Vázquez (Mexico) Magnolia poasana (Pittier) Dandy (Costa Rica, Panama) Magnolia poqomchi Magnolia schiedeana Schltdl. (E Mexico) Magnolia sharpii Meranda (Chiapas (Mexico)) Magnolia sororum Seibert (Costa Rica, Panama) Magnolia sororum subsp. lutea Vazquez. (Costa Rica, Panama) Magnolia sororum subsp. sororum (Panama) Magnolia tamaulipana Vazquez - Mexican evergreen magnolia (NE Mexico) Magnolia tarahumara (Vazquez) A.Vázquez (W Mexico) Magnolia vazquezii Cruz Durán & K.Vega (Mexico) Magnolia virginiana L. (SE US) — Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia yoroconte Dandy (Guatemala, Honduras, Belize) Magnolia zamudioi A.Vázquez (Mexico)
Section Gwillimia
Subsection Gwillimia Magnolia albosericea Chun & Tsoong. (Hainan (China)) Magnolia bawangensis Law, R.Z.Zhou & D.M.Liu (Hainan (China)) Magnolia championii Benth (S & SE China) Magnolia clemensiorum Dandy (Vietnam) Magnolia coco (Lour.) DC. (SE China) Magnolia delavayi Franchet (Yunnan (China)) Magnolia fistulosa (Finet & Gagnep.) Dandy (SE Yunnan (China)) Magnolia henryi Dunn (Yunnan (China)) Magnolia nana Dandy (Vietnam) Magnolia odoratissima Law et Zhou (S China) Magnolia pterocarpa Roxb. (Nepal, Burma) Magnolia xiana Noot. (China)
Subsection Blumiana Magnolia angatensis Blanco (Philippines) Magnolia betongensis (Craib) H.Keng (Borneo) Magnolia gigantifolia (Miq.) Noot. (Borneo, Sumatra) Magnolia hodgsonii (Hook.f. & Thom.) H.Keng (Nepal, Burma) Magnolia lasia Noot. (Borneo) Magnolia liliifera (L.) Baillon (SE Asia, Borneo, Philippines, Singapore, Sumatra) Magnolia liliifera var. angatensis (Blanco) Noot. (Philippines) Magnolia liliifera var. beccarii (Ridley) Noot. (Borneo) Magnolia liliifera var. liliifera (SE Asia) Magnolia liliifera var. obovata (Korth.) Govaerts (Borneo) Magnolia liliifera var. singapurensis (Ridley) Noot. (Singapore, Sumatra) Magnolia mariusjacobsia Noot. (Borneo) Magnolia persuaveolens Dandy (Borneo) Magnolia persuaveolens subsp. persuaveolens (Borneo) Magnolia persuaveolens subsp. rigida Noot. (Borneo) Magnolia rabaniana Hook.f. & Thomson D.C.S.Raju & M.P.Nayer (India) Magnolia sarawakensis (Agostini) Noot. (Borneo) Magnolia singapurensis (Ridl.) H.Keng (Singapore, Sumatra) Magnolia villosa (Miq.) H.Keng (Sumatra, Borneo)
Section Talauma Subsection Talauma Magnolia allenii Standl. (Panama) Magnolia amazonica (Ducke) Govaerts (Brazil, Peru) Magnolia arcabucoana (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia bankardiorum M.O.Dillon & Sánchez Vega (Peru) Magnolia boliviana (M.Nee) Govaerts (Bolivia) Magnolia canandeana F. Arroyo (Ecuador) Magnolia caricifragrans (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia cespedesii (Triana & Planch) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia chocoensis (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia clementinana F. Arroyo & M.Serna (Peru) Magnolia coronata M.Serna, C.Velásquez & Cogollo (Colombia) Magnolia dixonii (Little) Govaerts (Ecuador) Magnolia dodecapetala (Lam.) Govaerts (Lesser Antilles) Magnolia espinalii (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia georgii (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia gilbertoi (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia gloriensis (Pittier) Govaerts (Central America) Magnolia henaoi (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia hernandezii (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia irwiniana (Lozano) Govaerts (Brazil) Magnolia jardinensis M.Serna, C.Velásquez & Cogollo (Colombia) Magnolia juninensis F. Arroyo (Peru) Magnolia katiorum (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia lacandonica Vazquez-Garcia, Perez-Farrera, Martinez-Camilo, Muniz-Castro & Martinez-Melendez (Mexico) Magnolia manguillo Marcelo-Peña & F. Arroyo (Peru) Magnolia mexicana DC. (Mexico) Magnolia minor (Urb.) Govaerts (Cuba) Magnolia morii (Lozano) Govaerts (Panama) Magnolia narinensis (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia neillii (Lozano) Govaerts (Ecuador) Magnolia ovata (A.St.-Hil.) Spreng. (Brazil) Magnolia palandana F. Arroyo (Ecuador) Magnolia pastazaensis F. Arroyo & A.J. Pérez (Ecuador) Magnolia polyhypsophylla (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia quetzal Vazquez-Garcia, Veliz-Perez, Triboullier-Navas & Muniz-Castro (Guatemala) Magnolia rimachii (Lozano) Govaerts (Peru, Ecuador) Magnolia sambuensis (Pittier) Govaerts (Panama, Colombia) Magnolia santanderiana (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia sellowiana (A.St.-Hil.) Govaerts (Brazil) Magnolia silvioi (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia venezuelensis (Lozano) Govaerts (Venezuela) Magnolia virolinensis (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia wolfii (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia)
Subsection Dugandiodendron Magnolia argyrothricha (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia calimaensis (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia calophylla (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia cararensis (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia chimantensis Steyermark & Maguire – "Chimanta magnolia" (Venezuela) Magnolia colombiana (Little) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia guatapensis (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia jaenensis Marcelo-Peña (Peru) Magnolia lenticellata (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia magnifolia (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia mahechae (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia ptaritepuiana Steyermark – "ptari-tepui magnolia" (Venezuela) Magnolia striatifolia Little (Colombia, Ecuador) Magnolia urraoense (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia) Magnolia yantzazana F. Arroyo (Ecuador) Magnolia yarumalense (Lozano) Govaerts (Colombia)
Subsection Cubenses Magnolia cristalensis Bisse (Cuba) Magnolia cubensis Urb. (Cuba) Magnolia domingensis Urb. (Haiti, Dominican Rep.) Magnolia ekmannii Urb. (Haiti) Magnolia emarginata Urb. & Ekman (Haiti) Magnolia hamorii Howard (Dominican Rep.) Magnolia pallescens Urb. & Ekman (Dom. Rep.) Magnolia portoricensis Bello (Puerto Rico) Magnolia splendens Urban (Puerto Rico)
Section Manglietia Magnolia aromatica (Dandy) V.S.Kumar (S China) Magnolia blaoensis (Gagnep.) Dandy (Vietnam) Magnolia calophylloides Figlar & Noot. (W Sumatra) Magnolia caveana (Hook.f. & Thoms.) D.C.Raju & M.P.Nayer (Assam, N Burma) Magnolia changhuntana Noot. (Guangdong (China)) Magnolia chevalieri (Dandy) V.S.Kumar (Vietnam, Laos) Magnolia conifera (Dandy) V.S.Kumar (SE China, Vietnam) Magnolia conifera var. chingii (Dandy) V.S.Kumar (SE China) Magnolia conifera var. conifera (SE China, Vietnam) Magnolia crassipes (Y.W.Law) V.S.Kumar (Guangdong (China)) Magnolia dandyi (Gapnep.) Dandy (S China, Vietnam, Laos) Magnolia decidua (Q.Y.Zheng) V.S.Kumar (Jiangxi (China)) Magnolia duclouxii Finet & Gagnep. (Vietnam, SW China) Magnolia figlarii V.S.Kumar (Sichuan (China)) Magnolia fordiana (Oliv.) Hu (Vietnam, S China) Magnolia fordiana var. calcarea (X.H.Song) Chen & Noot. (Guizhou (China)) Magnolia fordiana var. fordiana (Vietnam, S China) Magnolia fordiana var. forrestii (W.W.Sm. Ex Dandy) Chen & Noot. (SW China) Magnolia fordiana var. kwangtungensis (Merr.) Chen & Noot. (SE China) Magnolia garrettii (Craib) V.S.Kumar (SW China, Vietnam, Thailand) Magnolia grandis (Hu & W.C.Cheng) V.S.Kumar (Yunnan (China)) Magnolia hongheensis (Y.M.Shui & W.H.Chen) V.S.Kumar (Yunnan (China)) Magnolia hookeri Cubitt & W.W.Sm. (SW China, N Burma, Thailand) Magnolia insignis (Wall.) Blume (S China, Nepal, Burma) Magnolia kwangtungensis Merr. (SE China) Magnolia lanuginosoides Figlar & Noot. (Sumatra) Magnolia longipedunculata (Q.W.Zeng & Law) V.S.Kumar (Guangdong (China)) Magnolia lucida (B.L. Chen & S.C. Yang) V.S. Kumar (SW China) Magnolia obovalifolia (C.Y.Yu & Law) V.S.Kumar (Yunnan (China)) Magnolia ovoidea (H.T.Chang & B.L.Chen) V.S.Kumar (Yunnan (China)) Magnolia patungensis (Hu) Noot. (China) Magnolia rufibarbata (Dandy) V.S. Kumar (Yunnan (China), Vietnam) Magnolia sabahensis (Dandy ex Noot.) Figlar & Noot. (Borneo) Magnolia sapaensis (N.H.Xia & Q.N.Vu) Grimshaw & Macer (Vietnam) Magnolia sumatrana (Miq.) Figlar & Noot. (2011) (Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi) Magnolia sumatrana var. glauca (Blume) Figlar & Noot. (Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Is, Sulawesi) Magnolia sumatrana var. sumatrana (W Sumatra) Magnolia utilis (Dandy) V.S.Kumar (N Burma, Thailand) Magnolia ventii (N.V.Tiep) V.S.Kumar (Yunnan (China)) Magnolia xinganensis Noot. (Guangxi (China)) Magnolia yuyuanensis (Y.W.Law) V.S.Kumar (E China) Magnolia zhengyiana (N.H.Xia) Noot. (Yunnan (China))
Section Kmeria Magnolia duperreana Pierre (Vietnam, Cambodia) Magnolia kwangsiensis Figlar & Noot. (Yunnan, Guangxi (China)) Magnolia thailandica Noot. & Chalermglin (Thailand)
Section Rhytidospermum
Subsection Rhytidospermum Magnolia obovata Thunb. (Japan) Magnolia officinalis Rehd. & Wilson (W China) Magnolia officinalis subsp. biloba Cheng & Law (E China) Magnolia officinalis subsp. officinalis (E China) Magnolia rostrata W.W.Smith (SW China) Magnolia tripetala (L.) L. (SE US)
Subsection Oyama Magnolia globosa Hook. f. & Thoms. (Nepal, Burma) Magnolia sieboldii K. Koch (Korea, E China, Japan) Magnolia sieboldii subsp. japonica K.Ueda (Japan, central China) Magnolia sieboldii subsp. sieboldii (Japan) Magnolia sieboldii subsp. sinensis (Rehd. & Wilson) Spongberg (central China) Magnolia wilsonii (Finet. & Gagnep.) Rehd. - Wilson's magnolia (SW China)
Section Auriculata Magnolia fraseri Walt. - Fraser magnolia or ear-leaved magnolia (SE US) Magnolia fraseri var. fraseri - Fraser magnolia or ear-leaved magnolia (SE US) Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata (Bartram) Pampanini - pyramid magnolia (SE US)Often treated as a distinct species, Magnolia pyramidata.
Section Macrophylla Magnolia ashei Weath. (Florida) Sometimes treated as a subspecies, Magnolia macrophylla subsp. ashei. Magnolia dealbata Zuccarini (E Mexico) Sometimes treated as a subspecies, Magnolia macrophylla subsp. dealbata. Magnolia macrophylla Michx. (SE US, E Mexico) Magnolia rzedowskiana A.Vázquez, Domínguez-Yescas & R.Pedraza (Querétaro, Mexico) Magnolia nuevoleonensis A.Vázquez & Domínguez-Yescas (Nuevo León, Mexico) Magnolia vovidesii A.Vázquez, Domínguez-Yescas & L.Carvajal (Veracruz, Mexico)
Subgenus Yulania Anthers open by splitting at the sides, deciduous, flowers mostly produced before leaves (except M. acuminata)
Section Yulania
Subsection Yulania Magnolia amoena W.C. Cheng (E China) Magnolia biondii Pampan (E China) Magnolia campbellii Hook. f. & Thomson (W China, Himalayas, India, Nepal, Assam) Magnolia campbellii var. alba Treseder (Himalayas) Magnolia campbellii var. campbellii. (Himalayas) Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata (W.W. Smith) F. Kingdon-Ward (W China, Himalayas) Magnolia cylindrica Wilson (E China) Magnolia dawsoniana Rehd. & Wilson (Sichuan (China)) Magnolia denudata Desr. (E China) Magnolia kobus DC. (Japan, Korea) – mokryeon, kobus magnolia, or kobushi magnolia Magnolia liliiflora Desr. (central China) Magnolia × loebneri Paul Kache (Japan) Magnolia salicifolia (Sieb. & Zucc.) Maxim. (Japan)