Common Names
Griffith's plum yew (1).Taxonomic notes
Herbarium specimens indicate it is similar to the geographically overlapping species C. mannii, C. oliveri and C. sinensis.Description
Needles 5-7.5 cm long, 3 mm wide (1).Range
India: Arunachal Pradesh (Mishmi Hills), Manipur, Nagaland; N Myanmar (=Burma) (2); China: W Sichuan (1). Grows at ca. 6000 feet elevation in India (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Kim E. Tripp. 1995. Cephalotaxus: the plum yews. Arnoldia 55(1): 24-39.(2) Farjon 1998.
See also:
J.D. Hooker. 1890. Flora of British India 5:647-648.
D. Oliver. 1890. Cephalotaxus griffithii. Vol. X, pt. 1, 3rd series of J.D. Hooker (ed.) Hooker's Icones Plantarum. Note: the plant pictured in this article, pl. 1933, is actually C. oliveri.
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