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harringtonii

Taxon

Cephalotaxus harringtonii (Knight ex J.Forbes) K.Koch

AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
All3var. harringtonii1
Cephalotaxus drupacea--France. Paris. Jardin du Plantes. No. 3. 30 May 03. 019.jpg

Cephalotaxus drupacea--France. Paris. Jardin du Plantes. No. 3. 30 May 03. 019.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus drupacea--France. Paris. Jardin du Plantes. No. 3. 30 May 03. 017.jpg

Cephalotaxus drupacea--France. Paris. Jardin du Plantes. No. 3. 30 May 03. 017.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus drupacea--France. Paris. Jardin du Plantes. No. 3. 30 May 03. 020.jpg

Cephalotaxus drupacea--France. Paris. Jardin du Plantes. No. 3. 30 May 03. 020.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus drupacea--France. Paris. Jardin du Plantes. No. 3. 30 May 03. 016.jpg

Cephalotaxus drupacea--France. Paris. Jardin du Plantes. No. 3. 30 May 03. 016.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus drupacea--France. Paris. Jardin du Plantes. No. 3. 30 May 03. 018.jpg

Cephalotaxus drupacea--France. Paris. Jardin du Plantes. No. 3. 30 May 03. 018.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtoniana, 76.0284--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 1 (2).jpg

Cephalotaxus harringtoniana, 76.0284--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 1 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtoniana, 76.0284--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 1 (1).jpg

Cephalotaxus harringtoniana, 76.0284--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 1 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtoniana, 76.0284--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 19 Se.jpg

Cephalotaxus harringtoniana, 76.0284--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gdn. 19 Se.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Trail along Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05504 (142).JPG

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Trail along Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05504 (142).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Slope above Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05276 (222).JPG

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Slope above Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05276 (222).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Slope above Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05276 (219).JPG

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Slope above Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05276 (219).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Trail along Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05504 (139).JPG

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Trail along Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05504 (139).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Slope above Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05276 (223).JPG

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Slope above Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05276 (223).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Trail along Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05504 (137).JPG

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Trail along Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05504 (137).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Trail along Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05504 (141).JPG

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Trail along Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05504 (141).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Trail along Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05504 (138).JPG

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Trail along Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05504 (138).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Trail along Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05504 (140).JPG

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Trail along Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05504 (140).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Slope above Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05276 (221).JPG

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Slope above Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05276 (221).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Slope above Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05276 (218).JPG

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Slope above Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05276 (218).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Slope above Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05276 (220).JPG

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Slope above Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05276 (220).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Slope above Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05276 (224).JPG

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Slope above Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05276 (224).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Trail along Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05504 (136).JPG

Cephalotaxus harringtonia--Japan. Niigata. Trail along Sekikawa River. 29 May 2016. DSC05504 (136).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.

Distribution

Cephalotaxus harringtonii

var. harringtonii

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

May 30, 2003

Identified as

Cephalotaxus harringtonii var. harringtonii

Location

France, Île-de-France (Paris, 5th arrondissement)

48.84458, 2.36086

Location Remarks

Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Not collected

May 29, 2016

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.

76.0284

September 19, 2003

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Pinopsida

Order

Pinales

Family

Cephalotaxaceae

Genus

Cephalotaxus

Specific Epithet

harringtonii

Authorship

(Knight ex J.Forbes) K.Koch

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 5.9

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

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 →