Taxonomic revision of the native (Magnoliaceae) species of Brazil.

The genus (Magnoliaceae) has a wide and disjunct geographic distribution ranging from Eastern and South Asia to Malaysia, extending across the Neartics and reaching into the Neotropics. Regarding its infrageneric classification, the genus is divided into three subgenera: , and , the latter including the section Talauma in which the native Brazilian taxa are classified. The species of Magnoliasect.