Magnolia virginiana Linnaeus var. foetida Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 536. 1753.
RCN: 3980.
Type not designated.
Original material: Clayton 24 (BM); [icon] in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 2: 61, t. 61. 1738; [icon] in Plumier, Nov. Pl. Amer.: 38, t. 7. 1703.
Current name: Magnolia grandiflora L. ( Magnoliaceae).