Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel - plants |
| divisio | Magnoliophyta Cronquist, Takht. & W.Zimm. - flowering plants |
| class | Magnoliopsida Brongn. |
| order | Magnoliales Bromhead |
| family | Magnoliaceae Juss. |
| genus | Magnolia Plum. ex L. - magnolia |
| subgenus | Magnolia subgen. Yulania (Spach) Reichenbach |
| section | Magnolia sect. Michelia (L.) Baill. |
| species | Magnolia mayae A.Vázquez & Pérez-Farr. |