Taxobox image Cephalotaxus harringtonia BotGardBln1105WithSeeds.JPG image caption a Cephalotaxaceae species br Cephalotaxus harringtonii name Cephalotaxaceae regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae familia authority Franz Wilhelm Neger Neger subdivision ranks Genera subdivision Amentotaxus br Cephalotaxus br Torreya The family Cephalotaxaceae is a small grouping of conifer s, with three genera and about 20 species, closely allied to the Taxaceae , and included in that family by some botanists. They are restricted to east Asia , except for two species of Torreya found in the southwest and southeast of the USA fossil evidence shows a much wider prehistorical northern hemisphere distribution. The differences between the two families are as follows class wikitable Family Taxaceae Cephalotaxaceae Cone aril partly encloses seed fully encloses seed Cone maturation 6 8 months 18 20 months Mature seed length 5 8 mm 12 40 mm nowiki nowiki To 25 mm in Austrotaxus These are much branched, small tree s and shrub s. The leaves are evergreen , spirally arranged, often twisted at the base to appear 2 ranked. They are linear to lanceolate, and have pale green or white stomatal bands on the undersides. The plants are Plant sexuality monoecious , Plant sexuality subdioecious or Plant sexuality dioecious . The male conifer cone cones are 4 25 mm long, and shed pollen in the early spring. The female cones are reduced, with one to a few ovuliferous scales, and one seed on each ovuliferous scale. As the seed matures, the ovuliferous scale develops into a fleshy aril fully enclosing the seed. The mature aril is thin, green, purple or red ... az Cephalotaxaceae bg ca Cefalotax cia da Blommetaks familien et Peajugapuulised es Cephalotaxaceae fr Cephalotaxaceae ko hu ltiszafaf l k nl Knoptaxusfamilie ja no Druetaksfamilien pl G owocisowate pt Cephalotaxaceae tr Cephalotaxaceae vi H nh t ng ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Korean Plum Yew regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Cephalotaxus species C. koreana binomial Cephalotaxus koreana binomial authority Takenoshin Nakai Nakai Cephalotaxus koreana , commonly called the Korean Plum Yew , is a conifer coniferous shub or small tree in the Cephalotaxaceae plum yew family . It is native to Korea , Japan and northeast China . Some botanists consider it synonymous with Cephalotaxus harringtonia C. harringtonia . Category Flora of China Category Flora of Japan Category Flora of Korea Category Flora of Asia Category Pinales ko no Koreansk druetaks ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Griffith s Plum Yew status LR nt status system iucn2.3 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors Conifer Specialist Group 2000 year 2006 id 37557 title Cephalotaxus griffithii downloaded 11 June 2007 ref regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Cephalotaxus species C. griffithii binomial Cephalotaxus griffithii binomial authority Hook.f. Cephalotaxus griffithii , commonly called Griffith s Plum Yew , is a conifer ous shub or small tree in the Cephalotaxaceae plum yew family . It is endemism endemic to northern India , northern Myanmar and the western Sichuan Province in China . References references Category Flora of China Category Taxaceae Category Near threatened plants no Griffith s druetaks ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Cephalotaxus wilsoniana status EN status system iucn2.3 status ref ref name IUCN IUCN2006 assessors Conifer Specialist Group 1998 year 2006 id 31257 title Cephalotaxus wilsoniana downloaded 11 June 2007 ref regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Cephalotaxus species C. wilsoniana binomial Cephalotaxus wilsoniana binomial authority Bunz Hayata Hayata Cephalotaxus wilsoniana , commonly known as the Taiwan Plum Yew or Taiwan Cowtail Pine , is large conifer coniferous bush or small tree in the Cephalotaxaceae plum yew family . It is native to Taiwan . References references no Cephalotaxus wilsoniana zh ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Cephalotaxus lanceolata status VU status system iucn2.3 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors Conifer Specialist Group 1998 year 2006 id 32330 title Cephalotaxus lanceolata downloaded 11 June 2007 ref regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Cephalotaxus species C. lanceolata binomial Cephalotaxus lanceolata binomial authority Feng Cephalotaxus lanceolata is a conifer ous tree in the Cephalotaxaceae plum yew family . It is native to northern Burma and southern China . It is often considered a variety of Cephalotaxus fortunei C. fortunei . References references Category Flora of China Category Pinales Category Vulnerable plants no Cephalotaxus lanceolata zh ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Cephalotaxus latifolia status LR lc status system iucn2.3 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors Conifer Specialist Group 1998 year 2006 id 42199 title Cephalotaxus latifolia downloaded 11 June 2007 ref regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Cephalotaxus species C. latifolia binomial Cephalotaxus latifolia binomial authority Cheng & Fu Cephalotaxus latifolia is a conifer ous shub or small tree in the Cephalotaxaceae plum yew family . It is native to southern China and is similar in appearance to both Cephalotaxus sinensis C. sinensis and Cephalotaxus harringtonia C. harringtonia . References references Category Flora of China Category Pinales Category Least concern plants no Cephalotaxus latifolia ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Cephalotaxus oliveri status VU status system iucn2.3 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors Conifer Specialist Group 1998 year 2006 id 32331 title Cephalotaxus oliveri downloaded 11 June 2007 ref regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Cephalotaxus species C. oliveri binomial Cephalotaxus oliveri binomial authority Maxwell T. Masters Mast. Cephalotaxus oliveri is a conifer ous shub or small tree in the Cephalotaxaceae plum yew family . It is native to China and possibly to Thailand , Laos , Vietnam and eastern India . References references Category Flora of China Category Pinales Category Vulnerable plants no Cephalotaxus oliveri zh ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Cephalotaxus sinensis image Cephalotaxus sinensis J. C. Raulston Arboretum DSC06153.JPG status LR lc status system iucn2.3 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors Conifer Specialist Group 1998 year 2006 id 42200 title Cephalotaxus sinensis downloaded 11 June 2007 ref regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Cephalotaxus species C. sinensis binomial Cephalotaxus sinensis binomial authority Alfred Rehder Rehder & Ernest Henry Wilson E.H.Wilson H.L. Li Commonscat Cephalotaxus sinensis is a conifer ous shub or small tree in the Cephalotaxaceae plum yew family . It is native to central and southern China . References references Category Flora of China Category Pinales Category Least concern plants de Chinesische Kopfeibe no Kinesisk druetaks zh ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox status EN status system IUCN2.3 regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Torreya species T. jackii binomial Torreya jackii binomial authority Chun synonyms Torreya jackii is a species of conifer in the Cephalotaxaceae family. Common names include Longleaf Torreya and Jack Torreya . ref Eckenwalder, J.E. 2009. Conifers of the World The Complete Reference . Timber Press. ref It is found only in China . It is threatened by habitat loss . References references Conifer Specialist Group 1998. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 32379 all Torreya jackii . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007. Category Torreya Jackii Category Endangered plants Category Trees of China conifer stub no Torreya jackii pt Torreya jackii ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox status LR lc status system IUCN2.3 image Torreya grandis.jpg regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Torreya species T. grandis binomial Torreya grandis binomial authority Fortune ex Lindl. synonyms Torreya grandis chin. is a species of conifer in the Cephalotaxaceae family. It is found only in China . Common names include Chinese nutmeg yew ref Eckenwalder, J.E. 2009. Conifers of the World The Complete Reference . Timber Press. ref although it is not related to nutmeg . References references Conifer Specialist Group 1998. http www.iucnredlist.org search details.php 42551 all Torreya grandis . http www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007. Category Torreya Grandis Category Least concern plants Category Trees of China conifer stub de Gro e Nusseibe fr Torreya grandis no Torreya grandis pt Torreya grandis zh ... more details
The plant order Taxales was until recently treated as a distinct order in the division Pinophyta , class Pinopsida, and included only those species in the family Taxaceae , known commonly as yews. Under this interpretation, all other conifer s were classified separately in the order Pinales . Recent genetic and wikt micromorphological micromorphological studies have however shown that the Taxaceae are closely related to the other conifers, particularly so to the family Cephalotaxaceae . The order Taxales is therefore no longer recognised as distinct, and the family Taxaceae is now included in the order Pinales. See Pinophyta for more details. Image English Yew close 250.jpg left thumb The fleshy aril which surrounds each seed in the yew is a highly modified seed cone scale References http www.conifers.org pinales.htm Gymnosperm Database Pinales Category Taxaceae cs Tisotvar da Taks ordenen Taxales fr Taxales pl Cisowce ro lina zh ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Cephalotaxus mannii image Cephalotaxus mannii.JPG status VU status system iucn2.3 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors Conifer Specialist Group 1998 year 2006 id 31328 title Cephalotaxus mannii downloaded 11 June 2007 ref regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Cephalotaxus species C. mannii binomial Cephalotaxus mannii binomial authority Hook.f. Cephalotaxus mannii is a species of plum yew . It is native to southern China , northeast India , Laos , northern Thailand , northern Myanmar and northern Vietnam . Sometimes the species Cephalotaxus griffithii and Cephalotaxus hainanensis are considered synonyms of this species. References reflist Category Flora of China Category Taxaceae Category Vulnerable plants no Cephalotaxus mannii zh ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Cephalotaxus hainanensis status EN status system iucn2.3 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors Conifer Specialist Group 1998 year 2006 id 34065 title Cephalotaxus hainanensis downloaded 11 June 2007 ref regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Cephalotaxus species C. hainanensis binomial Cephalotaxus hainanensis binomial authority H.L.Li Cephalotaxus hainanensis is a species of Cephalotaxus plum yew confined to the island of Hainan , southern China . Cephalotaxus hainanensis has antileukemia activity and is widely used in China. ref Han R., Highlight on the studies of anticancer drugs derived from plants in China Stem Cells 1994 12 1 53 63 ref References references Category Flora of China Category Taxaceae Category Endangered plants no Cephalotaxus hainanensis zh ... more details
italictitle Taxobox image Amentotaxus needles 01.jpg image caption Fossil Amentotaxus needles regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Amentotaxus genus authority Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger Pilg. subdivision ranks Species subdivision Amentotaxus argotaenia br Amentotaxus assamica br Amentotaxus formosana br Amentotaxus poilanei br Amentotaxus yunnanensis Amentotaxus Catkin yew is a genus of Pinophyta conifers comprising five species, treated in either the Cephalotaxaceae , or in the Taxaceae when that family is considered in a broad sense. The genus is endemic ecology endemic to subtropical southeastern Asia , from Taiwan west across southern China to Assam in the eastern Himalaya , and south to Vietnam . The species are evergreen shrub s and small tree s reaching 2 15 m tall. The leaf leaves are spirally arranged on the shoots, but twisted at the base to lie in two flat ranks except on erect leading shoots they are linear lanceolate, 4 12 cm long and 6 10 mm broad, soft in texture, with a blunt tip, green above, and with two conspicuous white stomata l bands below. They differ from the related genus Cephalotaxus in the broader leaves, and from Torreya by the blunt, not spine tipped leaves. The species can be either plant sexuality monoecious or plant sexuality dioecious when monoecious, the male and female conifer cone cones are often on different branches. The male pollen cones are catkin like, 3 15 cm long, grouped in clusters of 2 6 together produced from a single bud. The female seed cones are single or grouped a few together on short stems minute at first, they mature in about 18 months to a drupe like structure with the single large nut fruit nut like seed 1.5 3 cm long surrounded by a fleshy covering, orange to red at full maturity the apex of the seed usually protrudes slightly out of the fleshy covering. External links http www.conifers.org ta am index.htm Gymnosperm Database http www.eflora ... more details
of the Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae note that both groups have evolved from within the other conifers ... transferred to the Cephalotaxaceae , as genetic tests show they are more closely related to Cephalotaxus ... six genera and about 30 species. The differences between the Taxaceae and the Cephalotaxaceae are as follows class wikitable Family Taxaceae Cephalotaxaceae Cone aril partly encloses seed fully encloses ... more details
Taxobox name Pinales image Pineflower9538.jpg image width 300px image caption Male cones on a pine branch regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales subdivision ranks Families subdivision Araucariaceae , araucaria family 41 br Arctopityaceae br Cephalotaxaceae , plum yew family 20 br Cheirolepidiaceae br Cupressaceae , cypress family 130 140 br Phyllocladaceae , Celery Pines 5 br Pinaceae , pine family 220 250 br Podocarpaceae , yellow wood family 170 200 br Sciadopitys Sciadopityaceae , umbrella pine family 1 br Taxaceae , yew family 12 30 br br Incertae sedis br Paahake small with approximate number of species in brackets small The Order Pinales in the Division Pinophyta , Class Pinophyta Pinopsida comprises all the Extant taxon extant conifer s. This order was formerly known as the Coniferales . The distinguishing characteristic is the reproductive structure known as a conifer cone cone produced by all Pinales . All of the extant conifers, such as Cedrus cedar , Cupressus cypress , fir , juniper , larch , pine , Sequoia sempervirens redwood , spruce , and Taxaceae yew are included here. Some fossil conifers, however, belong to other distinct orders within the Division Pinophyta . The yews have previously been separated into a distinct order of their own Order Taxales , but genetic evidence indicates that yews are monophyletic with other conifers and they are now included in the Order Pinales. However, the evidence on these facts are vague, therefore it was probably a controversy over time. The families included are Araucariaceae , Cephalotaxaceae , Cupressaceae , Emporiaceae , Majonicaceae , Pinaceae , Podocarpaceae , Sciadopityaceae , Taxaceae , Taxodiaceae , Ullmanniaceae , Utrechtiaceae , Voltziaceae . References http zipcodezoo.com Key Plantae Pinales Order.asp http species.wikimedia.org wiki Pinales Link FL no Category Pinales Category Gymnosperm orders an Pinales ar az yn yarpaql lar bg Pinales ca Pinal cs Borovicot ... more details
italic title unreferenced date April 2011 Taxobox name Cephalotaxus image Cephalotaxus harringtonia BotGardBln1105WithSeeds.JPG image width 240px image caption Cephalotaxus harringtonia regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Cephalotaxus genus authority Philipp Franz von Siebold Siebold & Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini Zucc. ex Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher Endl. subdivision ranks Species subdivision Cephalotaxus fortunei br Cephalotaxus griffithii br Cephalotaxus hainanensis br Cephalotaxus harringtonia br Cephalotaxus koreana br Cephalotaxus lanceolata br Cephalotaxus latifolia br Cephalotaxus mannii br Cephalotaxus oliveri br Cephalotaxus sinensis br Cephalotaxus wilsoniana Cephalotaxus , commonly called Plum Yew or Cowtail Pine , is a genus of Pinophyta conifers comprising 11 species, treated in either the Cephalotaxaceae , or in the Taxaceae when that family is considered in a broad sense. The genus is endemic ecology endemic to eastern Asia , though fossil evidence shows it had a wider Northern Hemisphere distribution in the past. The species are evergreen shrub s and small tree s reaching 1 10 m rarely to 20 m tall. Description The leaf leaves are spirally arranged on the shoots, but twisted at the base to lie in two flat ranks except on erect leading shoots they are linear, 4 12 cm long and 3 4 mm broad, soft in texture, with a blunt tip this helps distinguish them from the related genus Torreya , which has spine tipped leaves. The species can be either plant sexuality monoecious or plant sexuality dioecious when monoecious, the male and female conifer cone cones are often on different branches. The male pollen cones are 5 8 mm long, grouped in lines along the underside of a shoot. The female seed cones are single or grouped 2 15 together on short stems minute at first, they mature in about 18 months to a drupe like structure with the single large nut fruit nut like seed 1.5 4 cm long surrounded by a ... more details
wiktionary yew Yew may refer to TOCright Botany Any of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Taxus European Yew or Common Yew Taxus baccata Pacific Yew or Western Yew Taxus brevifolia Canadian Yew Taxus canadensis Chinese Yew Taxus chinensis Japanese Yew Taxus cuspidata Florida Yew Taxus floridana Mexican Yew Taxus globosa Sumatran Yew Taxus sumatrana Himalayan Yew Taxus wallichiana Any of various coniferous plants in the families Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae White berry Yew Pseudotaxus chienii New Caledonian Yew or Southern Yew Austrotaxus spicata Catkin yew Amentotaxus sp. Plum yew Cephalotaxus sp. Any of the various coniferous plants in the family Podocarpaceae , which are superficially similar to other yews Prince Albert s Yew Saxegothaea conspicua Plum yew Prumnopitys sp. Place names in Singapore Yew Tee , district Yew Tee MRT Station Yew Lian Park in the United Kingdom Yew Tree, Liverpool Yew Tree Tarn , a lake in the Lake District Yew Tree, West Bromwich Kenn Church, Kenn Pier & Yew Tree Farm SSSI , Fictional place names Yew Dales dalir , the home of Ull, the winter god in Norse mythology Others YEW is an acronym for Yokogawa Electric Yokogawa Electric Works You disambiguation Ewe disambiguation disambig es Tejo pt Tejo zh yue Yew ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Torreya image Torreya nucifera bgiu.jpg image caption Torreya nucifera regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Torreya genus authority George Arnott Walker Arnott Arn. subdivision ranks Species subdivision Torreya californica br Torreya fargesii br Torreya grandis br Torreya jackii br Torreya nucifera br Torreya taxifolia synonyms Tumion Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Raf. ex Edward Lee Greene Greene ref W. H. Camp, H. W. Rickett and C. A. Weatherby 1947. International rules of botanical nomenclature, Appendix III Nomina Generica Conservanda . Brittonia, 6 1 1 120 Section 10, page 47 http www.jstor.org pss 2804665 ref Torreya is a genus of Pinophyta conifers comprising five or six species, treated in either the Cephalotaxaceae , or in the Taxaceae when that family is considered in a broad sense. Four are native to eastern Asia the other two are native to North America . They are small to medium sized evergreen tree s reaching 5 20 m, rarely 25 m, tall. Common names include nutmeg yew . ref Eckenwalder, J.E. 2009. Conifers of the World The Complete Reference . Timber Press. ref The leaf leaves are spirally arranged on the shoots, but twisted at the base to lie in two flat ranks they are linear, 2 8 cm long and 3 4 mm broad, hard in texture, with a sharp spine tip. Torreya can be either plant sexuality monoecious or plant sexuality dioecious when monoecious, the male and female conifer cone cones are often on different branches. The male pollen cones are 5 8 mm long, grouped in lines along the underside of a shoot. The female seed cones are single or grouped two to eight together on a short stem minute at first, they mature in about 18 months to a drupe like structure with the single large nut fruit nut like seed 2 4 cm long surrounded by a fleshy covering, green to purple at full maturity. In some species, notably the Japan ese Torreya nucifera Kaya , the seed is edible. Natural ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Torreya nucifera status LR lc status system IUCN2.3 image Torreya nucifera bgiu.jpg image width 240px image caption Torreya nucifera foliage regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Taxaceae Cephalotaxaceae genus Torreya species T. nucifera binomial Torreya nucifera binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus L. Philipp Franz von Siebold Siebold and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini Zucc. Torreya nucifera is a slow growing, Pinophyta coniferous tree native to southern Japan and to South Korea s Jeju Island . It is also called nihongo kaya or Japanese nutmeg yew . Description File Saiho ji Konda,Sasayama 3527.jpg 180px thumb left Japanese Torreya nucifera of 600 years old Saiho ji, Sasayama , Hyogo It grows to 15 25 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter. The leaf leaves are evergreen , needle like, 2 3 cm long and 3 mm broad, with a sharply spined tip and two whitish stomata l bands on the underside they are spirally arranged, but twisted at the base to lie horizontally either side of the stem. It is plant sexuality subdioecious , with individual trees producing either mostly male or mostly female conifer cone cones , but usually with at least some cones of the other sex present. The male cones are globular, 5 6 mm diameter, in a double row along the underside of a shoot. The female cones are borne in clusters of three to eight together, maturing in 18 20 months to a single seed surrounded by a fleshy layer, 2 cm long and 1.5 cm broad. Uses File Nagoya Castle Feb 2011 88.jpg thumb left Old kaya tree on the grounds of Nagoya Castle Its wood is prized for the construction of Go equipment Board Go board s because of its beautiful yellow gold color, fine and uniform ring texture, and the sonic quality of the click of a stone on its surface. The tree is protected in Japan because of its scarcity due to past overcutting. Ancient kaya trees have to die before they can be harvested to make thick ... more details
Taxobox image Rennes ParcOberthur Torreya californica.jpg image width 200px status LR cd status system IUCN2.3 regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Torreya species T. californica binomial Torreya californica binomial authority John Torrey Torr. File Torreya californica branch PAN 03.JPG thumb 250px right Torreya californica , with young shoots, br PAN Botanical Garden, Warsaw , Poland Torreya californica is species of Pinophyta conifer endemic ecology endemic to California , occurring in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada U.S. Sierra Nevada . It is commonly known as California torreya or California nutmeg although not closely related to true nutmeg . California nutmeg is an evergreen tree growing to 15 25 m tall, with a trunk diameter of 0.5 1 m exceptionally 2 m the crown is conical in overall shape, with whorled branches. The leaf leaves are needle like, stiff, sharp pointed, 3 5 cm long and 3 mm broad they are arranged spirally, but twisted at the base to lie flat either side of the shoots. The male pollen conifer cone cones are 5 7 mm long, grouped in lines along the underside of a shoot. The female seed cones are single or grouped two to five together on a short stem minute at first, they mature in about 18 months to a drupe like structure with the single large nut fruit nut like seed 2.5 4 cm long surrounded by a fleshy covering, dark green to purple at full maturity in the fall. Uses The seeds were used by Native Americans in the United States Native Americans in Northern California as food, and the wood for making bow weapon bows . The wood is sometimes used in making Go board game Go game boards , as a cheaper substitute for the prized Torreya nucifera kaya Torreya nucifera of Japan and Southeast Asia . Citation needed date November 2010 Cultivation The tree is planted as a specimen ornamental tree in gardens and in groves in larger native pl ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Cowtail Pine image Cephalotaxus harringtonia BotGardBln1105WithSeeds.JPG image width 240px image caption Close up of a specimen in the Botanical Garden in Berlin status LR lc status system iucn2.3 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors Conifer Specialist Group 2000 year 2006 id 39589 title Cephalotaxus harringtonia downloaded 11 June 2007 ref regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Cephalotaxus species C. harringtonia binomial Cephalotaxus harringtonia binomial authority Karl Koch botanist K. Koch Cephalotaxus harringtonia , commonly known as Cowtail Pine or Japanese Plum Yew , is a conifer ous bush or small tree in the Cephalotaxaceae plum yew family . It is native to Japan , but is occasionally utilised in western gardens and several cultivar s exist for these purposes. Japanese plum yew has been in cultivation in Europe since 1829, many modern horticulturists are familiar with the Japanese species Cephalotaxus harringtonia, named in honor of the Earl of Harrington, one of the first to grow the plant in a European garden. Description New shoots of C. harringtonia remain green for three years after forming and have ribs at the leaf bases. The bud s are green in colour, globular in shape and very small at only 1 mm in length. There is one rank of leaves present on either side of the shoot, and these rise up above it and curve slightly inwards, forming a narrow V shape somewhat akin to a dove s wings. The ranks are often vertical, but can be more flattened in shaded parts. The leaf leaves are broadly linear in shape and measure about 5 cm long by 0.3 cm wide. They are abruptly pointed at the apex, leathery in texture and a bright matte yellowish green on the upper surface. The abaxial surface, or underside of the leaves, shows two broad, pale to silvery stomata l bands. ref name Mitchell cite book last Mitchell first Alan authorlink Alan Mitchell coauthors title Trees ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Chinese Plum Yew image Cephalotaxus fortunei, Arnold Arboretum IMG 6021.JPG status LR lc status system iucn2.3 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors Conifer Specialist Group 1998 year 2006 id 42198 title Cephalotaxus fortunei downloaded 11 June 2007 ref regnum Plant ae divisio Pinophyta classis Pinophyta Pinopsida ordo Pinales familia Cephalotaxaceae genus Cephalotaxus species C. fortunei binomial Cephalotaxus fortunei binomial authority William Jackson Hooker Hook. Cephalotaxus fortunei , commonly called the Chinese Plum Yew , simply Plum Yew , Chinese Cowtail Pine or in Chinese language Chinese as San Jian Shan zh c p s nji nsh n , is a conifer ous shrub or small tree in the Cephalotaxaceae plum yew family . It is native to northern Burma and China , but is sometimes grown in western gardens where it has been in cultivation since 1848. Description C. fortunei is a shrub or small tree growing to as high as 20 m with a diameter at breast height of about 20 cm. They are usually multi stemmed with an open and loosely rounded crown. ref name tripp cite journal last Tripp first Kim E. authorlink coauthors title Cephalotaxus the plum yews journal Arnoldia volume 55 issue 1 pages 24 39 publisher Harvard University Press date 1995 url doi id accessdate ref In cultivation they tend to grow on a single stem that is often leaning and bare towards the bottom, but with dense foliage on the upper half. ref name Mitchell They have reddish brown bark that appears purplish in places with rough square scales and long shreds peeling off. The new shoots remain green for three years after emerging and are ribbed. The branches are slightly pendulous, while the branchlets are obovate, obtriangular or almost rectangular in outline, measuring from 4 to 21 cm long by 3 to 20 cm wide. ref name tripp ref name Mitchell The bud s are about 4 mm in length, globular in shape and dark green in colour. They are covered with acute, glossy reddish brown scale like leave ... more details
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