Japanese bigleaf magnolia
Magnolia obovataThunb. [Magnoliaceae]
Magnolia hypoleuca Sieb. et Zucc.
Ho-noki [ホオノキ, 朴木]
Lifeform: deciduous tall tree
Distribution: East Asia (Japan)
Habitat: forests
Remarks: allelopathic plant → less forest-floor plants
This species is recorded in Manyoshu (The Anthology of Myriad Leaves, 万葉集)
皇祖神の 遠御代御代は い敷き折り 酒飲むといふそ このほほ柏 (大伴家持)
Magnoliaceae Juss.
Characterized by the stamens and pistils in spirals on a conical receptacle (see floral diagram)
Subfamily Magnolioideae
Elmerrillia Dandy
Kmeria (Pierre) Dandy
Magnolia L.
Manglietia Blume
Michelia L.
M. compressa (Maxim.) Sarg. (オガタマノキ)
var. macrantha Hatus. (オオバナオガタマノキ)
Pachylarnax Dandy
Subfamily Liriodendroidae
Liriodendron L.
L. tulipifera L. (ユリノキ)
Magnolia L. in Japan
Nomenclatrue: Ohwi & Kitagawa (1983)
M. grandiflora L. (タイサンボク) transplantation
M. obovata Thunberg (ホオノキ)
M. sieboldii K. Koch (オオヤマレンゲ)
M. salicifolia (Sieb. et Zucc.) Maxim. (タムシバ)
M. kobus DC (コブシ) [6 + 3 = 6]
- var. borealis (Sargent) Koidz. (キタコブシ)
M. liliflora Desr. (モクレン/シモクレン) transplantation [6 + 3 = 9]
- var. gracilis (Salisb.) Rehd. (トウモクレン)
M. denudata Desr. (ハクモクレン) transplantation
M. stellata (Sieb. et Zucc.) Maxim. (シデコブシ)
Magnolia obovata in Hokkaido
[Left/Center] Saplings in Tomakomai Experimental Forest on June 10 2008. [Right]a terminal shoot on the foot of Mount Usu on August 25 2010.
[Left] a tree with flowers. [Right] a huge flower. Close to the entrance of Hitsujigaoka Hill Park on June 18 2011.
References
- Engler's syllabus (エングラー体系)
- floral diagram (花式図)
- Field training on integrated environmental research 統合環境調査法実習
fauna and flora 出現種リスト - flora on Mount Usu