Liriodendron chinense

Liriodendron chinense
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Magnoliaceae
Genus:	Liriodendron
Species:	L. chinense
Binomial name
Liriodendron chinense (Hemsl.) Sarg.

Liriodendron chinense (commonly known as the Chinese tulip poplar,^[2] Chinese tulip tree or Chinese whitewood^[1]) is Asia's native species in the genus Liriodendron. This native of central and southern China grows in the provinces of Anhui, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Sichuan and Yunnan, and also locally in northern Vietnam. Protected populations occur in the Tianmushan National Reserve [1], Huangshan [2], Wuyi Shan [3], and Badagongshan Nature Reserve [4].