Magnolia zenii
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August foliage San Francisco Botanical Garden, 2006 | |
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Magnolia zenii Cheng
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Magnolia zenii is a species of plant in the Magnoliaceae family. It is endemic to China.
Listed as “critically endangered,” there were only a few dozen left of these found when the variety was first discovered in China in 1931 according to MEG McCONAHEY writing in THE PRESS DEMOCRAT.
Sources
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Magnolia zenii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
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