Magnolia zenii is a species of flowering plant in the family Magnoliaceae. It is a tree endemic to Henan and Jiangsu in southeastern 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.
As of 2007, only a single population of 18 trees on the north slopes of Baohua Mountain near Zhenjiang had been documented.
Taxonomy Magnolia zenii was described by botanist Wan-Chun Cheng in 1933.
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Magnolia zenii images at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Plant Image Database