Magnolia glauca (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1081. 1759.

["Habitat in Virginia, Pensylvania."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 755 (1762). RCN: 3982.

Basionym: Magnolia virginiana L. var. glauca L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Dandy, Sloane Herbarium: 112. 1958): [icon] " Magnolia Lauri folio, subtus albicante" in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 1: 39, t. 39. 1730.

Current name: Magnolia virginiana L. ( Magnoliaceae).

Note: Tobe (in Hunt, Magnolias: 180. 1998) provides an illustration of the lectotype.