Abstract Special conservation efforts should be made for relict species, as they usually have small population sizes and restricted distributions, placing them in critical extinction risk. To achieve conservation, information about genetic diversity distribution is needed. Here, using nine nuclear microsatellites, we analyzed 23 populations of five recently described species Magnolia distribute...

Abstract One endemic tree species threatened with extinction in Sulawesi is Magnolia sulawesiana (Magnoliaceae). M. distributed the central and northern of island, Indonesia. This one most exploited for various purposes such as; home construction materials, furniture, musical instruments, sports equipment. The high demand this type wood has led to over-exploitation. natural population Sulawesi’...