Magnolia zenii

Magnolia zenii
Magnolia zenii 'Pink Parchment' Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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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  Flower
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  Leaf
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  Maturing fruit
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  Mature fruit with seeds
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  Photo of Magnolia zenii at the San Francisco Botanical Garden

References

1. 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.
2. Cicuzza, Daniele; Newton, Adrian; Oldfield, Sara (2007). "The Red List of Magnoliaceae" (PDF). Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
3. 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.

External links

• Magnolia zenii images at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Plant Image Database