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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Cow-tail Pine, Harrington Plum Yew, Japanese Plum Yew
Description
Family Taxaceae
Trees
or shrubs
evergreen
, dioecious or rarely monoecious. Leaves spirally arranged
or decussate, linear
or lanceolate, abaxial
surface with 1 stomatal
band
on each side of prominent
or inconspicuous midvein
, resin canal present or absent. Pollen cones solitary in leaf or bract axils, or aggregated into spikelike complexes apically on branches; microsporophylls
numerous
; pollen sacs
3-9, radially arranged or on outer side of microsporophyll and then with distinct
adaxial
and abaxial surfaces; pollen nonsaccate. Seed-bearing structures solitary or paired
in axils of leaves or bracts, pedunculate
or sessile, with several overlapping or decussate bracts at base
; ovule solitary, borne at apex of floral
axis, erect
. Seed sessile or pedunculate, drupelike or nutlike, partially enclosed in a succulent, saccate
or cupular aril, or completely enclosed within aril; female gametophyte
tissue
abundant. Cotyledons 2. Germination epigeal, hypogeal in Torreya.
Five genera and 21 species; mainly N hemisphere (except Austrotaxus R. H. Compton: New Caledonia) ; four genera (one endemic) and 11 species (five endemic, one introduced
) in China.[1]
Genus Cephalotaxus
Morphological characters and geographical distribution are the same as those for the family .[2]
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: n/a • Flower Color: inconspicuous, none
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 20-30' tall.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 15-20' apart.
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Partial to Full Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Pinopsida
()
- Burnett
- Order:
Pinales
()
- Knoblauch, in Warming, 1890
- Family:
Taxaceae
()
- S.F. Gray, 1821, nom. cons.
- Yew Family
- Genus:
Cephalotaxus
()
- Siebold & Zuccarini ex Endlicher, 1842
- Cephalotaxus
- Specific epithet:
harringtonia
- Cultivar:
Korean Gold
- Botanical name: - Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Korean Gold'
- Cultivar:
Korean Gold
- Specific epithet:
harringtonia
- Genus:
Cephalotaxus
(
- Family:
Taxaceae
(
- Order:
Pinales
(
- Class:
Pinopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Cephalotaxus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 14 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. fortunei (Chinese Plum Yew) · C. hainanensis (Hainan Cufei) · C. harringtonia (Cow-Tail Pine) · C. harringtonia 'Prostrata' (Cow-Tail Pine) · C. harringtonia f. drupacea (Japanese Plum Yew) · C. harringtonia var. drupacea (Cow's Tail Pine) · C. harringtonia var. Fastigiata (Cow-Tail Pine) · C. harringtonia var. Fastigitata (Harrington Plum-Yew) · C. harringtonia var. koreana (Korean Plum Yew) · C. harringtonia var. sinensis (Chinese Plum Yew) · C. harringtonia 'Duke Gardens' (Cow-Tail Pine) · C. harringtonia 'Korean Gold' (Cow-Tail Pine) · C. harringtonia 'Watnong' (Cow-Tail Pine) · C. harringtonii var. harringtonii (Japanese Plum Yew)
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Further Reading
- Cheng Wan-chün, Fu Li-kuo & Chu Cheng-de. 1978. Taxaceae. In: Cheng Wan-chün & Fu Li-kuo, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 7: 437-467.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 967817
Footnotes
- Liguo Fu, Nan Li & Robert R. Mill "Taxaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 89. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Liguo Fu, Nan Li & Robert R. Mill "Cephalotaxus". in Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 85. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
