Magnolia pendula (D.L. Fu) C.B. Callaghan & S.K. Png, comb. nov.

Basionym.

Yulania pendula D.L. Fu. In: D.L. Fu et al., Amer. J. Agric. and Forest. 7(5): 220-221, figs. 5 & 6 (2019c).

Type.

CHINA. Sichuan Province: Beichuan County, Guixi town, Linfeng village, Yaowang Valley, secondary forest, 1200 m, 2 April 2012, D. L. Fu 2012040201 (holotype: CAF n.v.). Same locality, 13 September 2012, D. L. Fu 2012091308 (paratype, CAF n.v.).

Chinese name.

垂枝玉兰 meaning "weeping yulan"

Note.

The type specimens of Yulania pendula cannot be located at the Beijing herbarium of CAF (Wang Hongbin, pers. comm., March 2020).