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MotherNature4 Bartow, FL(Zone 9a) Oct 09, 2006

I'm new to this forum, but am looking for an expert who keeps up with nomenclature.

Is Magnolia ashii a species or is it a variety of M. macrophylla? I find it listed both ways.

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Decumbent Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6b) Oct 09, 2006

I goofed around on Google looking for a good taxonomic index. So far, the best I could find only listed American species, or common hybrids or garden. According to this, Magnolia asheiii is corret. Here is the site:

spehttp://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRptcies.

Scott

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Oct 09, 2006

Spellcheck: Magnolia ashei

http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?409885

Resin

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Decumbent Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6b) Oct 10, 2006

Hey, Resin, is there a single good source for all the world's plant names? This would be especially nice if it cross-referenced synonyms, past names, and was kept up to date.

Scott

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MotherNature4 Bartow, FL(Zone 9a) Oct 10, 2006

Try http://www.itis.gov/ for the Integrated Taxonomic Information System. I found this after my original inquirey. I'd say it is a very reasonable resource.
Audrey

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Terry Murfreesboro, TN(Zone 7a) Oct 10, 2006

IPNI: http://www.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?request_type=search&output_format=query&ret_defaults=on

and

ISHS/ICRA: http://www.ishs.org/icra/

are also good resources

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MotherNature4 Bartow, FL(Zone 9a) Oct 11, 2006

Thank you so very much, Terry.

Audrey

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