''Magnolia sargentiana'' 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
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
China, where it occurs in
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
and
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...
. It is widely distributed but its populations are fragmented.
[Global Tree Specialist Group. 2014]
''Magnolia sargentiana''.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014. Downloaded on 08 October 2015.
This is a forest tree which grows 8 to 25 meters tall. It is harvested for wood and herbal medicine.
[
File:Magnolia sargentiana flower.jpg, ''M. sargentiana'' flower
File:Magnolia sargentiana flower 2.jpg, Flower tepals
]
References
External links
* Friedman, William (Ned)
"Two stunners worth finding".
''Posts from the Collections,'' Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University website, 21 April 2019. Accessed 21 April 2020.
sargentiana
Endemic flora of China
Flora of Sichuan
Flora of Yunnan
Trees of China
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