Magnolia dixonii

Magnolia dixonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Magnoliaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. It is known commonly as cucharillo.^[1]

Magnolia dixonii
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Magnoliaceae
Genus:	Magnolia
Section:	Magnolia sect. Talauma
Species:	M. dixonii
Binomial name
Magnolia dixonii (Little) Govaerts
Synonyms
Talauma dixonii Little

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. If the Magnolia family is treated as consisting of a large number of smaller genera, then this species is placed in genus Talauma. In modern literature, it is customary to treat Magnolia as a large genus, and in that case, this species is treated as belonging to section Talauma in subgenus Magnolia.^[2]