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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPinopsida
- OrderPinales
- FamilyTaxaceae
Native toCambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam
Observations recorded920
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 30
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Collections
- MO, NHMUK, UF, USNM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, Vietnam, United Kingdom, China
Wikidata facts
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- Category:Amentotaxus
- Commons category
- Amentotaxus
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Amentotaxus
- taxon common name
- 穗花杉属
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Extant species
- References
- External links
thumb|Amentotaxus formosana
Amentotaxus is a genus of conifers (catkin-yews) comprising five species, treated in either the Cephalotaxaceae, or in the Taxaceae when that family is considered in a broad sense. The genus is endemic to subtropical Southeast Asia, from Taiwan west across southern China to Assam in the eastern Himalaya, and south to Vietnam. The species are evergreen shrubs and small trees reaching 2–15 m tall.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amentotaxus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.