Magnolia zenii
Zen magnolia | |
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August foliage San Francisco Botanical Garden, 2006 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Magnoliids |
Order: | Magnoliales |
Family: | Magnoliaceae |
Genus: | Magnolia |
Subgenus: | M. subg. Yulania |
Section: | M. sect. Yulania subsect. Yulania |
Species: | M. zenii |
Binomial name | |
Magnolia zenii Cheng | |
Magnolia zenii is a species of plant in the Magnoliaceae family. It is endemic to China.
Listed as “critically endangered,” there were only a few dozen left of these found when the variety was first discovered in China in 1931 according to MEG McCONAHEY writing in THE PRESS DEMOCRAT.
Sources
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Magnolia zenii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
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