Common Names
Taxonomic notes
Syn.: C. fortunei var. lanceolata (Feng) Silba 1990 (2). Nearly indistinguishable from C. fortunei, it holds a dubious claim to species rank.Description
A shrub (2); differs from C. fortunei in its long, slender needles (about 7.5 cm × 3 mm); needle edges are nearly parallel before a sharply acute apex, a morphology that inspired the epithet lanceolata (1).Range
China: Yunnan (Gongshan); N Myanmar [= Burma] (2).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 K.M. Feng. 1975. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 13(4):86.
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