Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Magnoliopsida - (Order) Magnoliales - (Family) Magnoliaceae

Original position

Polyandria Polygynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.

Subsequent positions

Magnoliaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.

Current position

Magnolioideae (Subfamily)

Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 514.

Alternative positions

Magnoliaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden, 2010: 31 Aug 2011.
Magnolieae (Tribe) DC. (1824)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 29.
Polyandria Polygynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 535.

Historical positions

Magnolioideae (Subfamily)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 513, 514.
Magnolieae (Tribe) DC. (1824)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 29.
Magnoliaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 158.
Angiospermophyta (Phylum)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 270. [rough position]
Magnoliaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 360.
Polyandria Polygynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 535.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	9s;2ss; †1s
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011	240s