Magnoliaceae
Magnolia

Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre

First published in Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 3 (1880)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. India to S. Central China and Lesser Sunda Islands. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Andaman Is., Mauritius, Nicobar Is., Réunion, Sulawesi

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Heerdegen, B. & Eisenhut, R. (2019). Magnolien und Tulpenbäume (Magnoliaceae): 1-319. BoD Verlag.
  • Kiew, R., Chung, R.C.K., Shaw, L.G. & Soepadmo, E. (eds.) (2012). Flora of peninsular Malaysia 3: 1-385. Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Nooteboom, H.P. & Chalermglin, P. (2009). The Magnoliaceae of Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 37: 111-138.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Magnolia champaca.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brambach, F. (2013). Personal communication on Magnoliaceae 2 Georg-August-University, Göttingen.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Nooteboom, H.P. & Chalermglin, P. (2009). The Magnoliaceae of Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 37: 111-138.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wallich, N. [s.n.] Nepal K000681501 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [s.n.] Nepal K000681499 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [s.n.] Nepal K000681500 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [18862] Thailand K000595330 Yes
Wieringa, J.J. [1933] Cameroon Michelia champaca K001297843 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 969] Michelia champaca K001110449 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 969] Michelia champaca K001110454 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 969] Michelia champaca K001110456 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 969] Michelia champaca K001110447 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 969] Michelia champaca K001110450 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 969] Michelia champaca K001110446 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 969] Michelia champaca K001110453 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 969] Michelia champaca K001110448 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 969] India Michelia champaca K001110451 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thailand Michelia champaca K:SPC-65358.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 969] Bangladesh Michelia champaca K001110452 Unknown Type Material Yes
Noton, E. [Cat. no. 969] India Michelia champaca K001110455 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0