''Magnolia neillii'' is a species of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

in the family

Magnoliaceae The Magnoliaceae () are a flowering plant family, the magnolia family, in the order Magnoliales. It consists of two genera: ''Magnolia'' and ''Liriodendron'' (tulip trees). Unlike most angiosperms, whose flower parts are in whorls (rings), the ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

. Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical moist lowland

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s. If the Magnolia family is treated as consisting of a large number of smaller genera, then this species is placed in genus ''

Talauma ''Magnolia'' sect. ''Talauma'' is a section of the genus ''Magnolia'' in the family Magnoliaceae. It was formerly treated as the separate genus ''Talauma''. It contains only New World species, & (2004), Notes on Magnoliaceae IV. in: Blumea 49(1): ...

''. In modern literature, it is customary to treat ''

Magnolia ''Magnolia'' is a large genus of about 210 to 340The number of species in the genus ''Magnolia'' depends on the taxonomic view that one takes up. Recent molecular and morphological research shows that former genera ''Talauma'', ''Dugandiodendro ...

'' as one large genus, and in that case, this species is treated as belonging to section ''Talauma'' in subgenus ''Magnolia''. & (2004), Notes on Magnoliaceae IV. in: Blumea 49(1): 90.

References

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