Cephalotaxus oliveri

Cephalotaxaceae Cephalotaxus oliveri Mast.

Etymology
Cephalotaxus refers to ‘head’ taxus; referring to the seed cone structure and its similarity to taxus.
oliveri refers to the botanist F. W. Oliver, who collected it.

Colloquial Name
Oliver’s plum yew

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-CQ, CHC-GZ, CHC-HU, CHC-SC, CHC-YN, CHS, CHS-GD, CHS-HN, CHS-JX

Habitat
The natural habitats for Cephalotaxus oliveri are subtropical/tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical/tropical moist montane forests, temperate forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 1800 up to 1800 metres. There are no conifers associated with Cephalotaxus oliveri that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 8
Cephalotaxus oliveri is hardy to USDA Zone 8 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -12.2C (10F) to -6.7C (20F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Cephalotaxus oliveri is decreasing. There are ongoing threats for Cephalotaxus oliveri and they are listed as follows:

• 1 Habitat Loss & Degradation
  • 1.1 Agriculture & Forestry
• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.2 Biological Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – VU
According to the IUCN Red List, Cephalotaxus oliveri has been assigned the status of VU(Vulnerable). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species qualifies as Vulnerable and is of risk.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Cephalotaxus oliveri is Cephalotaxus. The coordinate taxa for Cephalotaxus oliveri are therefore:

Cephalotaxus oliveri is also placed under Cephalotaxaceae. As Cephalotaxus is the sole genus under Cephalotaxaceae, this family is a monophyletic family. Cephalotaxaceae is found in South and Southeast Asia, with China as its hotspot for Cephalotaxaceae diversity.

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