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|genus=Salix
|genus=Salix
|species=magnifica
|species=magnifica
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|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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'''''Salix magnifica''''' is a species of [[willow]] in the family [[Salicaceae]]. It is [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Sichuan]] in southwestern [[China]], where it grows at high altitudes of 2,100–3,000 m. It is threatened by [[habitat loss]].<ref name=foc>Flora of China: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200005905 ''Salix magnifica'']</ref><ref>World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/32452/all ''Salix magnifica'']. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.</ref>
'''''Salix magnifica''''' is a species of [[plant]] in the [[Salicaceae]] family. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[China]]. [[Category:Flora of China]] It is threatened by [[habitat loss]].
It is a [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] growing to 6 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are alternate, 10–25 cm long and 7–12 cm broad, with an entire margin; they are green above, and glaucous below, with red veins and [[petiole (botany)|petiole]]. The [[flower]]s are produced in [[catkin]]s in late spring after the new leaves appear; it is [[plant sexuality|dioecious]], with male and female catkins on separate plants. The male catkins are 10 cm long; the female catkins are 10 cm long at pollination, expanding to 25 cm long at seed maturity.<ref name=foc/><ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref>
It is cultivated as an [[ornamental plant]] in western Europe for its bold foliage, with the largest leaves of any willow.<ref name=rhs/>
[[Category:Salix]]
==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
There are three [[variety (botany)|varieties]]:<ref name=foc/>
*''Salix magnifica'' var. ''magnifica''
*''Salix magnifica'' var. ''apatela'' (C.K.Schneider) K.S.Hao
*''Salix magnifica'' var. ''ulotricha'' (C.K.Schneider) N.Chao
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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