Torreya nucifera

Torreya nucifera

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Taxaceae
Genus: Torreya
Species: Torreya nucifera

Name

Torreya nucifera (L.) Siebold & Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 232. (1846)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Taxus nucifera L., Sp. Pl. 1: 1040 (1753)
• Homotypic
  • Podocarpus nucifer (L.) G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 388 (1830)
  • Taxodium nuciferum (L.) Brongn. ex Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 559 (1845)
  • Caryotaxus nucifera (L.) Zucc. ex Henkel & W.Hochst., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 366 (1865)
  • Foetataxus nucifera (L.) J.Nelson, Pinaceae: 168 (1866)
  • Tumion nuciferum (L.) Greene, Pittonia 2: 194 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Torreya nucifera var. radicans Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 194 (1919)
  • Torreya macrosperma Miyoshi, Rep. Nat. Monum. Invest. Pl. 32: 2 (1922)
  • Torreya nucifera var. prostrata Hornibr., Dwarf Conifers: 183 (1923)
  • Torreya unda Miyoshi, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 34: 236 (1925)
  • Torreya nucifera var. articulata Miyoshi, Tennenkinen-butsu-chosahakoku 3: 19 (1926)
  • Torreya igaensis Doi & Morik., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 42: 536 (1928)
  • Torreya fruticosa Nakai, Tyosen Sanrin Kaiho 158: 26 (1938)
  • Torreya nucifera var. sphaerica Kimura, Jap. J. Bot. 13: 519 (1948)
  • Torreya ascendens Nakai ex Uyeki, Sci. Rep. Matsuyama Agric. Coll. 10(2): 3 (1953), nom. superfl.
  • Torreya nucifera f. radicans (Nakai) den Ouden, Man. Cult. Conif.: 448 (1965)
  • Torreya nucifera f. sphaerica (Kimura) Yonek., J. Jap. Bot. 80: 323 (2005)

References

• Siebold, P.F. von & Zuccarini, J.G. 1846. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 4(3): 232.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Torreya nucifera 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 nucifera. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 11 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Torreya nucifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Japanische Nusseibe
English: Japanese Nutmeg-yew
suomi: Japanintorreia
日本語: カヤ
한국어: 비자나무
norsk: Japansk nøttebarlind

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