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Pseudotaxus chienii

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Pseudotaxus chienii

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Also known as White-berry yew

Pseudotaxus chienii, known commonly as the whiteberry yew (), is a species of plant in the yew family, Taxaceae. It is the sole species in the genus Pseudotaxus, but is closely related to the other yews in the genus Taxus. It is endemic to southern China, occurring in northern Guangdong, northern Guangxi, Hunan, Southwest Jiangxi, and southern Zhejiang.

Species

Vulnerable

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassPinopsida
  4. OrderPinales
  5. FamilyTaxaceae
Native toChina Southeast
Observations recorded99

General: Pseudotaxus chienii is rated as Vulnerable (VU) according

via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
8
With media
6
Family
Taxaceae
Collections
NY, UF, GA, MO
Recorded in
United States, China, Cultivated

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
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taxon rank
species
taxon range
Guangdong
IUCN conservation status
Vulnerable
taxon name
Pseudotaxus chienii
taxon common name
短水松
short name
P. chienii
taxon author citation
(W. C. Cheng) Cheng
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Pseudotaxus chienii, known commonly as the whiteberry yew (), is a species of plant in the yew family, Taxaceae. It is the sole species in the genus Pseudotaxus, but is closely related to the other yews in the genus Taxus. It is endemic to southern China, occurring in northern Guangdong, northern Guangxi, Hunan, Southwest Jiangxi, and southern Zhejiang.

Like other yews, it is a small coniferous shrub or small tree, reaching 2–5 m tall with reddish bark. The leaves are lanceolate, flat, 1–2.6 cm long and 2–3 mm broad, dark green above, with two white stomatal bands below; they are arranged spirally on the stem, but with the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem. The conspicuous white stomatal bands on the harder, stiffer (less soft) leaves readily distinguish it from the yews in the genus Taxus.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pseudotaxus chienii” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.