Magnolia zenii is a species of plant in the family Magnoliaceae. It is endemic to China.

Magnolia zenii
Magnolia zenii 'Pink Parchment' Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Magnoliaceae
Genus:	Magnolia
Subgenus:	Magnolia subg. Yulania
Section:	Magnolia sect. Yulania
Subsection:	Magnolia subsect. Yulania
Species:	M. zenii
Binomial name
Magnolia zenii W.C.Cheng

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.[2]

Gallery

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  Flower
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  Leaf
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  Maturing fruit
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  Mature fruit with seeds
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  Photo of Magnolia zenii at the San Francisco Botanical Garden

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External links

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