Magnolia sargentiana

Sargent's magnolia
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Magnoliaceae
Genus:	Magnolia
Subgenus:	Binomial name
Magnolia sargentiana Rehder & E.H.Wilson

Sargent's magnolia, Magnolia sargentiana, is a tall deciduous tree that grows in provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan in China, where its forest habitat is reported to be severely fragmented. Leaf obovate, 10-19 cm long by 10 cm wide, somewhat leathery, dark green and glossy above, light green below. The flowers are among the largest in the genus, 15-33 cm in diameter in early spring with tepals pink to pale purplish-red.

This large magnolia is fairly uncommon in cultivation despite the fact that its very ornamental with very large flowers, good form, and nice foliage. This species is threatened by habitat destruction with much of its range already logged, and it is not know if this species can persist in the fragments where it is now found.

References

• Sun (1998). Magnolia sargentiana. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Endangered (EN B1+2c v2.3)

External links

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• Photos of flowers