Magnolia virginiana Linnaeus var. acuminata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 536. 1753.

["Habitat in Pensylvania."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 756 (1762). RCN: 3980.

Basionym of: Magnolia acuminata (L.) L. (1759) .

Lectotype (Dandy, Sloane Herbarium: 112. 1958; Tobe in Hunt, Magnolias: 191. 1998): [icon] " Magnolia flore albo, folio majore acuminato haud albicante" in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 2, App.: 15, t. 15, open flower excluded. 1747.

Current name: Magnolia acuminata (L.) L. ( Magnoliaceae).

Note: Tobe (in Hunt, Magnolias: 191. 1998) provides an illustration of the lectotype, but argues that it is a chimaera, with the leaves of M. acuminata and an open, stylised flower of another species, which he excludes from Dandy’s original choice of the whole plate.