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Not many Michelia species have so far become horticulturally or economically important, apart for their wood.

Both subgenus Magnolia and subgenus Yulania include species of major horticultural importance, and a change of name would be very undesirable for many people, especially in the horticultural branch.

In Europe, Magnolia even is more or less a synonym for Yulania, since most of the cultivated species on this continent have Magnolia ( Yulania ) denudata as one of their parents.

Most taxonomists who acknowledge close relations between Yulania and Michelia therefore support the third option and join Michelia with Magnolia.