Taxa

Magnoliophyta

Division

Citation Formats

General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Magnoliophyta." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/division-magnoliophyta.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Magnoliophyta. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/division-magnoliophyta

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-magnoliophyta,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Magnoliophyta},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/division-magnoliophyta},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

The flowering plants (angiosperms): seed plants whose reproductive structures are flowers, and whose seeds develop enclosed within a fruit. Magnoliophyta is by far the largest plant division, dominating most of Earth's terrestrial vegetation and including nearly every food crop humans cultivate.

Facts

Disputed

Member Species/Taxa Count

295,000 1

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Taxonomic Rank

Phylum / Division 1

Scientific Name

Magnoliophyta 1

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