Maine Biota Project
Magnoliids of Maine
(Kingdom Plantae, Magnoliids)
Below is a working list of Maine’s magnoliids. Taxonomy and nomenclature follow Flora Novae Angliae by Arthur Haines (2011, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-17154-9). For more information about a particular species, click on the link under the heading “Common Name”, and you will be taken to a page for the family that includes that species.
| Family |
Genus |
Species |
Authority |
Common Name |
Notes |
| Aristolochiaceae |
Asarum |
canadense |
L. |
Canada wild ginger |
|
| Aristolochiaceae |
Isotrema |
macrophyllum |
(Lam.) C. F. Reed |
large-leaved Dutchman’s pipe |
|
| Caratophyllaceae |
Ceratophyllum |
demersum |
L. |
common hornwort |
|
| Caratophyllaceae |
Ceratophyllum |
echinatum |
Gray |
spineless hornwort |
|
| Lauraceae |
Lindera |
benzoin |
(L.) Blume |
northern spicebush |
|
| Lauraceae |
Sassafras |
albidum |
(Nutt.) Nees |
sassafras |
|
| Nymphaeaceae |
Brasenia |
schreberi |
J. F. Gmel. |
water-shield |
|
| Nymphaeaceae |
Nuphar |
advena |
(Ait.) Ait. f. in Ait. & Ait. f. |
immigrant pond-lily |
|
| Nymphaeaceae |
Nuphar |
microphylla |
(Pers.) Fern. |
small-leaved pond-lily |
|
| Nymphaeaceae |
Nuphar |
variegata |
Dur. |
bullhead pond-lily |
|
| Nymphaeaceae |
Nymphaea |
leibergii |
Morong |
dwarf water-lily |
|
| Nymphaeaceae |
Nymphaea |
odorata |
Ait. |
fragrant water-lily |
|
| Nymphaeaceae |
Nymphaea |
tuberosa |
Paine |
tuberous water-lily |
|
