Torreya grandis

Cultivated, Shanghai Botanical Gardens

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Taxaceae
Genus: Torreya
Species: Torreya grandis
Varietates: T. g. var. grandis – T. g. var. jiulongshanensis

Name

Torreya grandis Fortune, ex Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1857: 788. (1857)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Caryotaxus grandis (Fortune ex Lindl.) Henkel & W.Hochst., Syn. Nadelhölz.: 367 (1865)
  • Tumion grande (Fortune ex Lindl.) Greene, Pittonia 2: 194 (1891)
  • Torreya nucifera var. grandis (Fortune ex Lindl.) Pilg. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 5: 107 (1903)

References

• Fortune, R. 1857. Gardeners' Chronicle, London 1857: 788.
• Miao, Z.P., Niu, X.N., Wang, R.B., Huang, L., Ma, B.B., Li, J.H. & Hong, X. 2022. Study of the genus Torreya (Taxaceae) based on chloroplast genomes. Frontiers in Bioscience (Landmark Edition) 27(1, 009): 1–9. DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2701009 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Torreya grandis 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 grandis. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 11 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Torreya grandis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Große Nusseibe
English: Chinese Nutmeg Yew
中文: 香榧

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