Editing Magnolia macrophylla (section)

==Description==
The bigleaf magnolia is a medium-sized understory [[tree]] 50–65 feet tall. This species is distinguished from other magnolias by the large [[leaf]] size, 10–32&nbsp;inch long and 4–35&nbsp;inch broad. The largest leaf to be reported by a credible source is 3&nbsp;ft 8 in (110 centimeters) in length.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0187-71512015000300003|title=''Magnolia rzedowskiana'' (Magnoliaceae), una especie nueva de la sección Macrophylla de la parte central de la sierra Madre Oriental, México|trans-title=''Magnolia rzedowskiana'' (Magnoliaceae), a new species of section Macrophylla from the central Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico|last=Velasquez-Garcia|first=Jose Antonio|display-authors=etal|date=July 2015|access-date=July 26, 2018|language=es}}</ref><ref>Memim Encyclopedia (see below) loc. cit.</ref> in addition to a {{convert|6|in|cm|abbr=off|sp=us|spell=in}} petiole. The leaf's width can be up to {{convert|18|in|cm|abbr=off|sp=us|spell=in}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/magnolia-macrophylla|title=O.S.U. Landscape Plants - Magnolia macrophylla|last=Breen|first=Patrick|access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web|url=http://memim.com/magnolia-macrophylla.html|title= Memim Encyclopedia - Magnolia macrophylla|date=2015|access-date=July 1, 2015}}</ref>  The tree's branches often bend under the weight of this heavy foliage. The flowers are typically six or nine-petaled (two or three whorls of three petals each, the larger ones with a dime-sized purple blotch at the base). The flower has as many as 580 [[stamens]]<ref>Velasquez-Garcia loc. cit.</ref> and 
is typically about {{convert|16|in|cm|abbr=off|sp=us|spell=in}} wide, although there have been specimens as large as {{convert|21.5|in|cm|abbr=off|sp=us}} in width.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Raynel|first=Charles E.|date=May 1938|title=Big Leaf Magnolia|journal=American Forests|volume=44|issue=5|page=204 Photo with caption}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=<not given>|date=March 1928|title=<not recorded>|journal=Nature Magazine|volume=11|issue=3|page=184 photo with caption}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Coker|first1=Dr. William C.|last2=Totten|first2=Dr. Henry R.|date=1945|edition=Third|title=Trees of the Southeastern States|location=Chapel Hill, N.C.|publisher= Univ. N. Carolina Press|page=186}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | url= https://www.namethatplant.net/article_magnolia.shtml | last= <!-- anonymous --> | title= Name That Plant Net - South Carolina's Native Magnolias |  date= <!-- not recorded --> | access-date= February 5, 2022}}</ref>  It is the largest temperate (non-tropical) flower in the world. This, like all Magnolias, is beetle pollinated. The fruit is a cone-like cluster of achenes. The mature seeds, each covered with an orange [[aril]], hang down from the cone on silk-like threads. making themselves readily available to passing birds.

===Bee Mortality===
At the Arnold Arboretum, dead bees have been observed inside Bigleaf magnolia flowers. However the bees in cited article are honeybees which are not native to North America. <ref>{{cite magazine |title=Seeing Life—Re-engaging with nature |author=William Friedman |date=March 2021 |magazine=[[Harvard Magazine]] |url=https://harvardmagazine.com/2021/03/features-seeing-life-arnold-arboretum |access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref>