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Magnoliales

Called “Magnolias, Nutmegs, And Allies” in GBIF

The Magnoliales are an order of flowering plants. Well-known members of Magnoliales include: magnolias, tulip trees, custard apples, American pawpaw, cherimoyas, ylang-ylang, soursop fruit, and nutmeg.

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Tropical tree compound targets cancer cells, spares healthy ones

The same rainforest trees that folk healers have used for generations are now revealing a molecul...

What science is finding about Magnoliales

Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this order, newest first.

Neem, mustard, and black pepper extracts kill beetles that ruin stored cowpeas

If you grow and save your own cowpeas, black-eyed peas, or other dried beans, kitchen-cabinet and garden plants like black...

Annona seed-saving / natural-pest-control

Tropical tree compound targets cancer cells, spares healthy ones

The same rainforest trees that folk healers have used for generations are now revealing a molecule that attacks cancer cells...

Goniothalamus medicinal-plants / ethnobotany

West African healers' go-to prostate plants contain promising bioactive compounds

Bamboo you might grow as a privacy screen and soursop you've spotted at a tropical nursery are among the plants West African...

Soursop ethnobotany / medicinal-plants

Traditional Medicinal Plants Used for Cancer Treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review.

Plants like soursop (Annona muricata) and baobab (Adansonia digitata) — species you may grow as houseplants or spot at...

Soursop medicinal-plants / ethnobotany

The AT-HOOK MOTIF CONTAINING NUCLEAR LOCALIZED gene promotes somatic embryogenesis and polyploidy formation in Liriodendron hybrids.

The towering tulip poplar lighting up eastern forests with orange-and-green blooms each spring could soon be bred into...

American Tuliptree propagation / plant-signaling

Dwarf pawpaw (Asimina pygmaea) observed in Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve Trail, Cedar Key, FL, US

Dwarf pawpaw is one of the few native fruit-bearing shrubs adapted to Florida's harsh, sandy scrub — if you're restoring a dry...

Dwarf pawpaw native-plants / citizen-science

American tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) observed in Tolland County, US-CT, US

Tuliptree flowers open high in the canopy where most people never see them — a fallen bloom at your feet is one of the few...

American Tuliptree native-plants / phenology

Large flowers enhance pollination success and nutrient resorption in Yulania species.

Next spring when saucer magnolias explode into bloom, those outsized flowers are running a sophisticated resource economy —...

Lily Magnolia pollinators / plant-signaling

netted pawpaw (Asimina reticulata) observed in Jupiter Inlet Colony, FL 33469, USA

Netted pawpaw is a Florida-endemic shrub that supports native zebra swallowtail and Pawpaw sphinx moth larvae, so spotting it...

Netted Pawpaw native-plants / citizen-science

American tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) observed in Bentley Ct, Cincinnati, OH, US

American tuliptrees are some of the tallest native trees in eastern North America and provide critical habitat for pollinators...

American Tuliptree urban-ecology / citizen-science

sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) observed in Knoxville

Sweetbay magnolia is a beautiful native tree you can actually grow in your own yard — it tolerates wet, boggy soil where...

Sweetbay Magnolia urban-ecology / phenology

netted pawpaw (Asimina reticulata) observed in Gainesville

Netted pawpaw produces small edible fruits related to the common pawpaw, and knowing where it survives in urban-adjacent areas...

Netted Pawpaw urban-ecology / native-plants