Magnolia amabilis, a New Species of Magnoliaceae from Yunnan, China

Abstract

A new species of Magnoliaceae, Magnolia amabilis Y. K. Sima & Y. H. Wang, from Yunnan, China, is described and illustrated. The new species resembles Magnolia dianica Y. K. Sima & Figlar in the stipules adnate to the petiole and the petioles short, not exceeding 10 mm, and in the tepals 6 to more, 3- to 4-merous, subsimilar; it differs in its leaves oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, glaucous beneath, with nerves in 13 to 17 pairs, in its tepals contracted-acute at the apex, and in its mature carpels, glabrous, dark green, tawny-black when dry.