''Magnolia zenii'' is a species of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...

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. 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.

Taxonomy

''Magnolia zenii'' was described by botanist Wan-Chun Cheng in 1933.

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 The San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum (formerly Strybing Arboretum) is located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Its 55 acres (22.3 ha) represents nearly 9,000 different kinds of plants from around the world, with p ...

References

External links

''Magnolia zenii'' images at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Plant Image Database
zenii Endemic flora of China Critically endangered plants Garden plants of Asia Ornamental trees Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Magnoliales-stub