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

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=China Expert Workshop |date=2014 |title=Magnolia zenii |volume=2014 |page=e.T32427A2818816 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T32427A2818816.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| 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

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