Torreya californica

Torreya californica on Crystal Cave trail, Sequoia National Park, California, USA

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Taxaceae
Genus: Torreya
Species: Torreya californica

Name

Torreya californica Torr., New York J. Pharm. 3: 49, 51. (1852)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Tumion californicum (Torr.) Greene, Pittonia 2: 195. (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Torreya myristica Hook., Bot. Mag. 80: t. 4780 (1854).
  • Caryotaxus myristica (Hook.) Henkel & W.Hochst., Syn. Nadelhölz.: 368 (1865).
  • Foetataxus myristica (Hook.) J.Nelson, Pinaceae: 168 (1866).
  • Tumion californicum var. littoralis Lemmon, Cone-bear. Trees Pacif. Slope, ed. 3: 84 (1895).

References

• Torrey, J. 1852. The New York journal of Pharmacy 3: 49, 51.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Torreya californica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Torreya californica. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 11 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Torreya californica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kalifornische Nusseibe
English: California Torreya
español: Torreya de California
français: Muscadier de Californie
Nederlands: Californische torreya
polski: Torreja kalifornijska
slovenščina: Kalifornijska toreja

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