Cephalotaxus harringtoniana, 76.0284--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 1 (2).jpg
Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)
37.87544, -122.238724
Location Remarks
Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Japan, Honshu, Niigata (Shinano, Kamiminochi, Nojiri)
36.848667, 138.137194
Location Remarks
Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park. Suginosawa. Road 280 (on Google Maps) east to parking for trail to Naena-taki (waterfall). 785 m elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Deciduous forest along Seki-kawa (river). Along the river near the dams.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Cephalotaxaceae
Genus
Cephalotaxus
Specific Epithet
harringtonii
Authorship
(Knight ex J.Forbes) K.Koch
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 5.9
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#634 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 4 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →