Cephalotaxus

Cephalotaxus harringtonia, Aizu Prefecture, Japan

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cephalotaxaceae
Genus: Cephalotaxus
Species: C. alpina – C. fortunei – C. griffithii – C. hainanensis – C. harringtonia – C. nana – C. oliveri

Name

Cephalotaxus Siebold & Zucc. ex Endl., Gen. Pl., Suppl. 2: 27 (1842).

• Typus: Cephalotaxus pedunculata Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. 2: 108 (1846), a synonym of Cephalotaxus harringtonia (Knight ex J.Forbes) K.Koch, Dendrologie 2(2): 102 (1873).

References

Primary references

• Endlicher, S.L. 1842. Mantissa botanica. Sistens Generum Plantarum Supplementum Secundum. 111 pp. Fr. Beck, Vindobonae. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lang, X.-D., Su, J.R., Lu, S.G. & Zhang, Z.J. 2013. A taxonomic revision of the genus Cephalotaxus (Taxaceae). Phytotaxa 84(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.84.1.1 Reference page.  (Incorrectly proposed that C. harringtonia be changed to C. harringtonii - see Govaerts et al., 2017.)
• Yang, Y., Yang, Z., Ferguson, D.K. & Shong, J.Y. 2023. An integrative view on the systematic position of the cupressophyte Cephalotaxus. Ecology and Evolution 13(7): p.e10273. DOI: /10.1002/ece3.10273 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cephalotaxus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jue 17. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Cephalotaxus. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 June 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Cephalotaxus. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 11 2017.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Cephalotaxus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Feb. 2017.

Vernacular names

العربية: طقسوس برقوقي
dansk: Blommetaks
Deutsch: Kopfeiben
English: Plum-yew
فارسی: سرخدار آلو
suomi: Rypälekuuset
hornjoserbsce: Hłowoćis
magyar: Áltiszafa
한국어: 개비자나무속
македонски: Главотиса
norsk: Druetaksslekten
polski: Głowocis
中文: 三尖杉属

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