Magnolia wolfii
Magnolia wolfii is a tree species in the family Magnoliaceae. It is endemic to Colombia. The species is recorded only from one locality in Risaralda Department.[1] The species is being investigated by a conservation and propagation research program implemented by the Technological University of Pereira, with the support of Botanic Gardens Conservation International.[4]
| Magnolia wolfii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Magnoliaceae |
| Genus: | Magnolia |
| Subgenus: | Magnolia subg. Magnolia |
| Section: | Magnolia sect. Talauma |
| Subsection: | Magnolia subsect. Talauma |
| Species: | M. wolfii |
| Binomial name | |
| Magnolia wolfii | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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In August 2006 scientists visited the small two hectare patch of forest where M. wolfii was known to grow. They found the area to be girded on all sides by plantations of coffee, and only three adult trees growing there, apparently bearing flowers and fruits, but no saplings.[5]
References
- Assessor: Calderon, E. (1998). "Magnolia wolfii in IUCN 2012". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
Needs updating
- "TPL, treatment of Magnolia wolfii". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden (MOBOT). 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- Talauma wolfii (the basionym of Magnolia wolfii) was originally described and published in Dugandiodenron y Talauma (Magnoliaceae) en el neotropica 90. 1994. "Name - Talauma wolfii Lozano". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: MOBOT. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- Johanna Molano (April 27, 2010). "A la vanguardia en manejo de magnolias". El Diario del Otún (electronic edition) (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- Daniele Cicuzza; Adrian Newton & Sara Oldfield (2007). "The Red List of Magnoliaceae" (PDF). Cambridge, UK: FFI. p. 43. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
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