Cephalotaxus fortunei Hook. belongs to the Cephalotaxaceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 2 countries.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Cephalotaxaceae
Genus
Cephalotaxus
Specific Epithet
fortunei
Authorship
Hook.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 7.7
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#567 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 7 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →Location
United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County (Jamaica Plain)
42.307464, -71.120796
Location Remarks
125 Arbor Way, Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Australia, Tasmania (Royal Tasmanian Botanical Garden)
Location Remarks
Queens Domain, Hobart
Collectors
No collectors specified