New mature individuals and seedlings of the Critically Endangered <i>Magnolia zenii</i> discovered in China

The Critically Endangered Baohua yulan Magnolia zenii, a plant species endemic to China, has an extremely small population.It occurs only in Baohua Mountain National Forest Park in Jurong, Jiangsu Province.Li et al. (Journal of Plant Resources and Environment, , , -) reported mature individuals and noted that seedlings were scarce.In new, comprehensive surveys across the species' range in and we discovered additional mature individuals and abundant, previously unrecorded seedlings.In total, mature trees and c. seedlings are now known.The main associated plant species include Phyllostachys edulis, Cyclobalanopsis glauca, Phoebe sheareri, Aphananthe aspera, Ilex cornuta, Trachelospermum jasminoides, Liriope spicata and Ophiopogon japonicus.Despite this new, larger estimate of population size, the conservation status of M. zenii remains critical.Large trees in particular are threatened by extreme weather events such as freezing rain and typhoons, invasive species and human disturbance, including damage by visitors and the legacy of past quarrying.