Cephalotaxus harringtonia

Cephalotaxus harringtonia, Aizu area, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cephalotaxaceae
Genus: Cephalotaxus
Species: Cephalotaxus harringtonia

Name

Cephalotaxus harringtonia (Knight ex J.Forbes) K.Koch, Dendrologie 2(2): 102 (1873), "harringtonii".
Note: See discussion page concerning the species epithet.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Taxus harringtonia Knight ex J.Forbes, Pinet. Woburn.: 217 (1839).
• Homotypic
  • Cephalotaxus drupacea var. harringtonia (Knight ex J.Forbes) Pilg. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 5: 102 (1903), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Cephalotaxus drupacea Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. 2: 108 (1846).
    • Taxus drupacea (Siebold & Zucc.) C.Lawson in P.Lawson & al., Abietineae- List Pl. Fir Tribe 10: 79 (1851).
    • Cephalotaxus harringtonia var. drupacea (Siebold & Zucc.) Koidz., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 98 (1930).
    • Cephalotaxus harringtonia f. drupacea (Siebold & Zucc.) Kitam., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 26: 9 (1974).
    • Cephalotaxus harringtonia subsp. drupacea (Siebold & Zucc.) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 14(1): 7 (2007).
  • Cephalotaxus pedunculata Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. 2: 108 (1846).
    • Taxus pedunculata (Siebold & Zucc.) C.Lawson in P.Lawson & al., Abietineae- List Pl. Fir Tribe 10: 79 (1851).
    • Cephalotaxus drupacea var. pedunculata (Siebold & Zucc.) Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 169 (1867).
  • Podocarpus koraianus Siebold ex Endl., Syn. Conif.: 217 (1847).
    • Nageia koraiana (Siebold ex Endl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 800 (1891).
    • Cephalotaxus harringtonia lusus koraiana (Siebold ex Endl.) K.Koch ex Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 1: 181 (1897), "harringtonii"
    • Cephalotaxus harringtonia var. koraiana (Siebold ex Endl.) Koidz., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 44: 98 (1930).
  • Taxus coriacea Knight, Syn. Conif. Pl.: 51 (1850), nom. inval.
  • Taxus inukaja Knight, Syn. Conif. Pl.: 51 (1850), nom. inval.
  • Cephalotaxus fortunei var. foemina Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 509 (1855).
  • Taxus japonica Lodd. ex Gordon & Glend., Pinetum: 275 (1858), nom. inval.
  • Cephalotaxus pedunculata var. fastigiata Carrière, Prod. Fix. Var. Veget.: 44 (1865).
    • Cephalotaxus drupacea f. fastigiata (Carrière) Pilg. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 5: 103 (1903).
    • Cephalotaxus harringtonia var. fastigiata (Carrière) C.K.Schneid. in E.E.Silva Tarouca, Uns. Freil.-Nadelhölzer: 162 (1913).
    • Cephalotaxus harringtonia f. fastigiata (Carrière) Rehder, Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 5 (1949).
  • Cephalotaxus buergeri Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 169 (1867).
  • Cephalotaxus pedunculata var. sphaeralis Mast., Gard. Chron., n.s., 21: 113 (1884).
    • Cephalotaxus drupacea f. sphaeralis (Mast.) Pilg. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 5: 103 (1903).
    • Cephalotaxus harringtonia var. sphaeralis (Mast.) C.K.Schneid. in E.E.Silva Tarouca, Uns. Freil.-Nadelhölzer: 162 (1913).
    • Cephalotaxus harringtonia f. sphaeralis (Mast.) Rehder, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 24: 213 (1915 publ. 1916).
  • Cephalotaxus mannii Hook.f., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 16: t. 1523 (1886)
  • Cephalotaxus wilsoniana Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 22 (1914).
    • Cephalotaxus harringtonia var. wilsoniana (Hayata) Kitam., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 26: 9 (1974).
    • Cephalotaxus sinensis var. wilsoniana (Hayata) L.K.Fu & N.Li, Novon 7: 263 (1997).
    • Cephalotaxus sinensis subsp. wilsoniana (Hayata) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 14(1): 18 (2007).
  • Cephalotaxus drupacea var. sinensis Rehder & E.H.Wilson in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 3 (1914).
    • Cephalotaxus harringtonia var. sinensis (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 22: 571 (1941).
    • Cephalotaxus sinensis (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) H.L.Li, Lloydia 16: 162 (1954).
• Misapplied names
  • Taxus baccata Thunb., Fl. Jap.: 275 (1784), sensu auct.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Romania (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China North-Central, China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Taiwan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Koch, K.H.E. 1872–1873. Dendrologie. Bäume, Sträucher und Halbsträucher, welche in Mittel- und Nord-Europa im Freien kultivirt werden. Kritisch beleuchtet von Karl Koch. Zweiter Theil. 424 pp., Erlangen: Ferdinand Enke. 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 and discussion page.)

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cephalotaxus harringtonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jun 16. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Cephalotaxus harringtonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jun 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Cephalotaxus harringtonia. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jun 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. (Cephalotaxus harringtonii). Cephalotaxus harringtonia. Accessed: 16 Jun 2024.

Vernacular names

العربية: طقسوس برقوقي هارنغتوني
dansk: Japansk Blommetaks
Deutsch: Japanische Kopfeibe
English: Japanese Plum-yew
español: Cefalotaxo drupáceo
magyar: Mandzsu áltiszafa
日本語: イヌガヤ
norsk: Druebarlind
polski: Głowocis japoński
中文: 柱冠粗榧

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