• Scientific Name: Magnolia conifera (Dandy) V.S.Kumar
• Ref: Kew Bull. 61:183. 2006
• Synonym: Manglietia conifera Dandy

Magnolia conifera var. chingii (Dandy) V. S. Kumar;
Manglietia chingii Dandy;
M. conifera subsp. chingii (Dandy) J. Li;
M. tenuipes Dandy;
M. glaucifolia Law;
M. ovoidea Chang & B. L. Chen.

• Chinese Common Name: 桂南木莲 Guìnán mùlián
• Family: Magnoliaceae
• Genus: Magnolia
• Distribution: Hills, wet places in valleys; 700-1300 m. N Guangdong, Guangxi, SE Guizhou, S Hunan, SE Yunnan [N Vietnam].
• Type:
  Manglietia conifera Dandy, J. Bot. 68: 205. 1930. Vietnam, Tonkin, Prov. Son Kay, Mont Bavi, 1918-06-02, Fleury in Chevalier 37817 (Holotype:P)
  Manglietia chingii Dandy, J. Bot. 69: 232. 1931. China, Kwangsi, Me-kon, Seh-feng Dar Shan, South of Nanning, 1928-11-03, R.C. Ching 8390 (Holotype:BM).
  Manglietia tenuipes Dandy, J. Bot. 69: 232. 1931. China, Kwangsi, Yeo Mar Shan, North of Lin Yen, 1928-08-25, R.C. Ching 7117 (Holotype:BM).
  Manglietia glaucifolia Law, Guihaia 4(4): 263. 1986. China, Guizhou, Leishan, C.P. Chien et al. 50689 (Holotype:PE).
  Manglietia ovoidea Chang & B. L. Chen, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 1: 108. 1988. B.L. Chen Gs 86182 (Holotype:SYS).

Trees, to 20 m tall. Bark gray and smooth. Vegetative buds and young twigs reddish brown pubescent. Stipular scar 3-5 mm. Petiole 2-3 cm, narrowly furrowed, at first appressed villous; leaf blade narrowly obovate to narrowly obovate-elliptic, 12-15 × 2-5 cm, leathery, abaxially at first grayish green and hispidulous or glaucous, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins 12-14 on each side of midvein, base narrowly cuneate to cuneate, apex shortly acuminate to rotund. Peduncle 4-7 cm, slender, pendulous, with 1 bract scar basal to tepals. Flower buds ovoid. Tepals 9 or 11, 3 per whorl; outer 3 tepals usually green, elliptic, 4-5 × 2.5-2.8 cm, thinner, apex rotund; middle 3 tepals obovate-elliptic, 5-5.5 × 2.5-3 cm, fleshy; inner 3 or 4 tepals pure white, obovate-spoon-shaped, 4-4.5 × 1.5-2 cm, fleshy. Stamens 1.5-2 cm; connective exserted and forming a triangular mucro; anthers 8-9 mm. Gynoecium 1.5-2 cm; basal carpels 0.8-1 cm, abaxially 3- or 4-furrowed; styles ca. 2 mm. Fruit ovoid, 4-5 cm; mature carpels tuberculate, apex shortly beaked; endotesta dotted. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Sep-Oct. (Flora of China)

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