Cathaya argyrophylla

Cathaya argyrophylla, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Cathaya
Species: Cathaya argyrophylla

Name

Cathaya argyrophylla Chun & Kuang, Acta Bot. Sin. 10: 246 (1962).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pseudotsuga argyrophylla (Chun & Kuang) Greguss, Bot. Közlem. 57: 54 (1970).
  • Tsuga argyrophylla (Chun & Kuang) de Laub. & Silba, Phytologia Mem. 7: 75 (1984).
• Heterotypic
  • Cathaya nanchuanensis Chun & Kuang, Acta Bot. Sin. 10: 246 (1962), pro syn.
  • Cathaya argyrophylla subsp. nanchuanensis (Chun & Kuang) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 47 (2008), not validly publ.
  • Cathaya argyrophylla subsp. sutchuenensis Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 18: 5 (2011).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central [Sichuan], China Southeast [Hunan]. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Fu, L.-K., Li, N., Elias, T.S. & Mill, R.R. 1999. Cathaya. Pp. 37 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-70-3. efloras PDF Reference page. 
• Farjon, A. 2001. World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. 2. ed., 309 pp. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-025-0 Reference page. 
• Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. 2 vols., pp. 1–526 + 527–1111, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, Boston. ISBN 978-90-04-17718-5. Reference page. 

Links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cathaya argyrophylla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• Hassler, M. 2020. Cathaya argyrophylla. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 February 24. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cathaya argyrophylla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 February 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cathaya argyrophylla. Published online. Accessed: 24 February 2020.

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