''Magnolia coriacea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

Magnoliaceae The Magnoliaceae () are a flowering plant family, the magnolia family, in the order Magnoliales. It consists of two genera: ''Magnolia'' and '' Liriodendron'' (tulip trees). Unlike most angiosperms, whose flower parts are in whorls (rings), t ...

. It is native to China. There are no more than about 500 individuals remaining of this endangered species. This is a tree growing 10 to 20 meters tall. The leaves are up to 15 centimeters long. The flowers have white

tepal A tepal is one of the outer parts of a flower (collectively the perianth). The term is used when these parts cannot easily be classified as either sepals or petals. This may be because the parts of the perianth are undifferentiated (i.e. of very ...

s.''Michelia coriacea''.
Flora of China.

References

*Tang, C. Q., et al. (2011)
Habitat fragmentation, degradation, and population status of endangered ''Michelia coriacea'' in southeastern Yunnan, China.
''Mountain Research and Development'', 31(4), 343–350. *Zhao, X., & Sun, W. (2009)
Abnormalities in sexual development and pollinator limitation in ''Michelia coriacea'' (Magnoliaceae), a critically endangered endemic to Southeast Yunnan, China.
''Flora'', 204(6), 463–470. *Zhao, X., Ma, Y., Sun, W., Wen, X., & Milne, R. (2012)
High genetic diversity and low differentiation of ''Michelia coriacea'' (Magnoliaceae), a critically endangered endemic in southeast Yunnan, China.
''International Journal of Molecular Sciences'', 13(4), 4396–4411. coriacea Flora of China Trees of China Endangered flora of Asia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Magnoliales-stub

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