Magnolia zenii
{{Short description|Species of tree}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Magnolia zenii flower.jpg
| image_caption = Magnolia zenii 'Pink Parchment' Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Magnolia
| display_parents = 3
| parent = Magnolia subsect. Yulania
| species = zenii
| authority = 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|date=June 2025}}
As of 2007, only a single population of 18 trees on the north slopes of Baohua Mountain near Zhenjiang had been documented.{{Cite web |last=Cicuzza |first=Daniele |last2=Newton |first2=Adrian |last3=Oldfield |first3=Sara |date=2007 |title=The Red List of Magnoliaceae |url=https://www.bgci.org/files/Media_Kit/magnolia_red_list_.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=June 19, 2025 |website=Botanic Gardens Conservation International}}
Taxonomy
Magnolia zenii was described by botanist Wan-Chun Cheng in 1933.{{Cite journal|last1=Del Tredici|first1=Peter|last2=Spongberg|first2=Stephen A.|date=1989|title=A New Magnolia Blooms in Boston|url=http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1989-49-2-a-new-magnolia-blooms-in-boston.pdf|journal=Arnoldia|volume=49|issue=2|pages=25–27|via=Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University}}
Gallery
File:Magnolia zenii (Zen Magnolia) (34019765225).jpg|Flower
File:Magnolia zenii leaf.jpg|Leaf
File:Magnolia zenii fruit.jpg|Maturing fruit
File:Magnolia zenii fruit 2.jpg|Mature fruit with seeds
File:Magnolia zenii 1.jpg|Photo of Magnolia zenii at the San Francisco Botanical Garden
References
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External links
{{Commons|Magnolia zenii}}
- [https://arboretum.harvard.edu/plants/image-search/?keyword=Magnolia+zenii&submit=Search Magnolia zenii images at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Plant Image Database]
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Category:Endemic flora of China
Category:Critically endangered plants
Category:Garden plants of Asia
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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