pugana Iltis & A.Vazquez Magnolia pugana, commonly known as almacasusco, is a species of Magnolia from northern Jalisco and southern Zacatecas states in western Mexico.

Magnolia pugana is a medium-sized tree, growing 15 to 25 meters tall, with a trunk up to 40–80 cm in diameter.

[1] Magnolia pugana is found in the valleys and canyons of the middle Río Grande de Santiago and lower reaches of the Juchipila and Verde rivers, and on the slopes of the neighboring Sierra de Morones and Sierra Fría ranges, in northern Jalisco and southern Zacatecas states.

[1] It has a very restricted range, with an area of occupancy (AOO) of 114 km2 and an extent of occurrence of approximately 2,460 km2.

Vázquez-García et al. consider the eastern population of M. pugana from the Río Verde region in Zapotlanejo and Ixtlahuacán del Río municipalities north of Guadalajara, known as the Barrancae Group, to be separate species, M.