Native to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas; introduced into Arkansas, Assam, Canary Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Kentucky, Maryland, Mexico Central, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Virginia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
United States, Connecticut (Dr. Nickou's private garden)
Location Remarks
Branford
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, North Carolina
Location Remarks
Duke Univ OTS Office
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, North Carolina, Durham (Sarah P. Duke Gardens)
Location Remarks
127 Anderson St. (Campus Dr.)(WestCampus of Duke Univ.), Durham. (There is a good map on the website)
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Magnoliales
Family
Magnoliaceae
Genus
Magnolia
Specific Epithet
grandiflora
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 29.4
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.6
Global rank
#21,463 of 335,497
Top 7%
Extinction probability
6%