Magnolia acuminata (Linnaeus) Linnaeus var. subcordata (Spach) Dandy. Subgenus: Yulania. Section: Tulipastrum. Common name: Yellow Cucumber-tree, Showy Cucumber Magnolia, Yellow-flowered Magnolia. Habitat: Moist to dry slopes and bottomlands over mafic or calcareous rocks. Distribution: Var. subcordata ranges from sc. NC south to AL.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: This taxon has been treated variously as a variety, a species, or merged with M. acuminata; the nomenclatural history is also complicated. Coker (1943) discussed its history, distribution, and taxonomic status. Additional study is needed.

Synonymy ⓘ: = NSProv, POWO, Frodin & Govaerts (1996), Spongberg (1998), Tobe (1998); = Magnolia cordata Michx.; = Tulipastrum americanum Spach var. subcordatum Spach — (basionym); = Tulipastrum cordatum (Michx.) Small — S, S13; < Magnolia acuminata (L.) L. — FNA3, K4, NS, RAB, W, Hardin & Jones (1989); < Yulania acuminata (L.) D.L.Fu — Sima & Lu (2012)

Links to other floras: < Magnolia acuminata - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 4