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Magnoliaceae

Magnolia

Magnolia yunnanensis (Hu) Noot.

First published in Blumea 31: 88 (1985)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is China (Guangxi, Yunnan) to Vietnam. It is a tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

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Native to:

China South-Central, China Southeast, Vietnam

Homotypic Synonyms

Pachylarnax yunnanensis (Hu) Sima & S.G.Lu in Vouchered Fl. S.E. Yunnan: 37 (2009)
Parakmeria yunnanensis Hu in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 2 (1951)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Magnolia nitida var. robusta B.L.Chen & Noot. in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 40: 1016 (1993)
Pachylarnax yunnanensis var. robusta (B.L.Chen & Noot.) Sima in J. S. W. Forest. Univ. 37(4):: 56 (2017)
Parakmeria robusta (B.L.Chen & Noot.) Q.N.Vu & N.H.Xia in J. Trop. Subtrop. Bot. 19: 314 (2011)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Heerdegen, B. & Eisenhut, R. (2019). Magnolien und Tulpenbäume (Magnoliaceae): 1-319. BoD Verlag.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Magnolia nitida var. nitida.]
Lin, Q., Duan, L.D., Yuan, Q., Li, M.H. & Xie, Y.H. (2006). Taxonomic revision of the genus Parakmeria Hu & Cheng (Magnoliaceae). Bulletin of Botanical Research, Harbin 26: 527-531. [Cited as Parakmeria yunnanensis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

Lin, Q., Duan, L.D., Yuan, Q., Li, M.H. & Xie, Y.H. (2006). Taxonomic revision of the genus Parakmeria Hu & Cheng (Magnoliaceae). Bulletin of Botanical Research, Harbin 26: 527-531.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0