Magnolia sinica

Magnolia sinica
At Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Magnoliaceae
Genus:	Magnolia
Species:	M. sinica
Binomial name
Magnolia sinica (Y.W.Law) Noot.
Synonyms [2]
Manglietia sinica(Y.W.Law) B.L.Chen & Noot. Manglietiastrum sinicumY.W.Law Pachylarnax sinica(Y.W.Law) N.H.Xia & C.Y.Wu

Magnolia sinica habitat and morphological characteristics

Magnolia sinica is a species of flowering plant in the family Magnoliaceae, native to southeast Yunnan Province, China. ^[2] In China it is known by common name huagaimu and distributes in south subtropical monsoon broadleaved evergreen forests at altitudes between 1339 and 1707m. ^[3] It is categorized as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. ^[1] As a plant species with extremely small populations (PSESP) there were an estimated 50 wild individuals remaining, and has been targeted as one of the 20 species approved by the Yunnan government for urgent rescue action before 2015. ^[4]

References

1. China Expert Workshop. (2014). "Huagaimu Magnolia sinica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T34965A2857885. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T34965A2857885.en . Retrieved 7 September 2021.
2. "Magnolia sinica (Y.W.Law) Noot". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
3. Wang, Bin; Ma, Yongpeng; Chen, Gao; Li, Congren; Dao, Zhiling; Sun, Weibang (2016). "Rescuing Magnolia sinica (Magnoliaceae), a Critically Endangered species endemic to Yunnan, China". Oryx. 50 (3): 446–449. doi:10.1017/S0030605315000435.
4. Chen, Y.; Chen, G.; Yang, J.; Sun, W. (2016). "Reproductive biology of Magnolia sinica (Magnoliaecea), a threatened species with extremely small populations in Yunnan, China". Plant Diversity. 38 (5): 253–258. Bibcode:2016PlDiv..38..253C. doi:10.1016/j.pld.2016.09.003. PMC   6112199 . PMID   30159474.