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Magnolia stellata (Siebold & Zuch.) Maxim. Magnoliaceae. Star magnolia. Small flowering tree. Distribution: Japan. Named for the French botanist and physician, Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), Professor of Botany and Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Montpelier. Charles Plumier (1646-1704) named a tree on Martinique after him (Magnolia) and the name was continued by Linnaeus (1753). No medicinal use. This is a very ancient genus of flowering plants. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
Magnol's 'Botanicum monspeliense' and Linnaeus's 'Flora monspeliensis' / William T. Stearn.
Stearn, William T. (William Thomas), 1911-2001.Date: 1973- Books
Botanicum Monspeliense. Sive plantarum circa Monspelium nascentium index ... Adduntur variarum plantarum descriptiones et icones. Cum appendice quae plantas de novo repertas continet, et errata emendat ... / [Pierre Magnol].
Magnol, Pierre, 1638-1715Date: 1686- Books
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Novus caracter plantarum, in duos tractatus divisus, primus, de herbis & ... Secundus, de fruticibus & arboribus ... / opus posthumum ... ab authoris filio [A. Magnol] ... in lucem editum.
Magnol, Pierre, 1638-1715Date: 1720- Books
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[Pierre Magnol correspondence].
Magnol, Pierre, 1638-1715Date: 2008-