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''Magnolia sinica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family
''Magnolia sinica'' 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), ...
, native to southeast Yunnan Province
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
, China. In China it is known by common name ''huagaimu'' and distributes in south subtropical monsoon broadleaved evergreen forests at altitudes between 1339 and 1707m''.''It is categorized as Critically Endangered
An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2023, of t ...
on the IUCN Red List. As a plant species with extremely small populations (PSESP) there were an estimated 50 wild individuals remaining, and has been targeted as one of the 20 species approved by the Yunnan government for urgent rescue action before 2015.
References
sinica Endemic flora of Yunnan Plants described in 1985 Flora of the Northern Indochina subtropical forests {{Magnoliales-stub