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A. argotaenia
A. formosana

Amentotaxus Pilger


Common Names

Taxonomic notes

Two (this treatment) to four species.

Description

"Evergreen, dioecious shrubs or small trees, allied to Cephalotaxus, differing from it in male catkins which are thin, pendent and in groups (2-4 together) and in solitary ovules. Shoots opposite. Needles opposite, leathery, acuminate, with 2 bluish stomata bands on the lower surface. Fruit drupe-like, reddish, aril not entirely enclosing the seed, but open at the apex" (1).

Range

China and Taiwan (1).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

(1) Vidakovic 1991.

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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/ta/am/index.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.com
Last modified on 18-Jan-1999

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