| Amentotaxus PilgerCommon NamesTaxonomic notesTwo (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).RangeChina and Taiwan (1).Big TreeOldestDendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsRemarksCitations(1) Vidakovic 1991. | |
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