Cephalotaxus fortunei

Cephalotaxaceae Cephalotaxus fortunei Hook.

Etymology
Cephalotaxus refers to ‘head’ taxus; referring to the seed cone structure and its similarity to taxus.
fortunei refers to R. Fortune, who introduced it.

Colloquial Name
Fortune’s plum yew

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Cephalotaxus fortunei:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-CQ, CHC-GZ, CHC-HU, CHC-SC, CHC-YN, CHS, CHS-AH, CHS-FJ, CHS-GD, CHS-GX, CHS-HE, CHS-HK, CHS-HN, CHS-JS, CHS-JX, CHS-ZJ, 4, 41, MYA

Habitat
The natural habitats for Cephalotaxus fortunei are temperate forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 3700 up to 3700 metres. Other conifers associated with Cephalotaxus fortunei are:

USDA Hardiness zone – 7
Cephalotaxus fortunei is hardy to USDA Zone 7 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -17.8C (0F) to -12.2C (10F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Cephalotaxus fortunei is unknown. There are no known threats for Cephalotaxus fortunei.

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Cephalotaxus fortunei has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

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

Cephalotaxus fortunei 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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Cultivars
‘Brevifolia’, ‘Grandis’, ‘Lion’s Plume’, ‘Longifolia’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Prostrata’, ‘Prostrate Spreader’, ‘Robusta’