title: Magnolia zenii
text: # Magnolia zenii
  
  Magnolia zenii is a species of plant in the family Magnoliaceae. It is endemic to 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.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  Magnolia zenii was described by botanist Wan-Chun Cheng in 1933.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Flower
  * Leaf
  * Maturing fruit
  * Mature fruit with seeds
  * Photo of Magnolia zenii at the San Francisco Botanical Garden
  