Magnolia virginiana Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 535. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia, Carolina." RCN: 3980.

Lectotype (Dandy in Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 175: t. 457. 1964): Herb. Clifford: 222, Magnolia 1 (BM-000628820) .

Generitype of Magnolia Linnaeus.

Current name: Magnolia virginiana L. ( Magnoliaceae).

Note: Tobe (in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 63. 1993) independently chose the same type as Dandy, and later (in Hunt, Magnolias: 180. 1998) provided an illustration of the lectotype.