Magnolia zenii
| Magnolia zenii | |
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| Magnolia zenii 'Pink Parchment' Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Magnoliaceae |
| Genus: | Magnolia |
| Subgenus: | Magnolia subg. Yulania |
| Section: | Magnolia sect. Yulania |
| Subsection: | Magnolia subsect. Yulania |
| Species: | M. zenii |
| Binomial name | |
| Magnolia zenii W.C.Cheng | |
Magnolia zenii is a species of plant in the family Magnoliaceae. It is endemic to China.
Listed as "critically endangered," there were only a few dozen found left of these when the variety was first discovered in China in 1931 according to MEG McCONAHEY writing in THE PRESS DEMOCRAT.
As of 2007, only a single population of 18 trees on the north slopes of Baohua Mountain near Zhenjiang had been documented.[2]
Taxonomy
Magnolia zenii was described by botanist Wan-Chun Cheng in 1933.[3]
Gallery
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Photo of Magnolia zenii at the San Francisco Botanical Garden
References
- ^ China Expert Workshop (2014). "Magnolia zenii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T32427A2818816. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T32427A2818816.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Cicuzza, Daniele; Newton, Adrian; Oldfield, Sara (2007). "The Red List of Magnoliaceae" (PDF). Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
- ^ Del Tredici, Peter; Spongberg, Stephen A. (1989). "A New Magnolia Blooms in Boston" (PDF). Arnoldia. 49 (2): 25–27 – via Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.
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