Cephalotaxus harringtonii

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

Etymology
Cephalotaxus refers to ‘head’ taxus; referring to the seed cone structure and its similarity to taxus.
harringtonii refers to the Earl of Harrington, who donated it to a pinetum at Woburn Abbey.

Colloquial Name
Harrington’s plum yew, Japanese plum yew

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 3 subordinate taxa for Cephalotaxus harringtonii:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 38, JAP, JAP-HN, JAP-KY, JAP-SH, KOR, KOR-NK, KOR-SK, TAI

Habitat
The natural habitats for Cephalotaxus harringtonii are temperate forests, temperate shrublands. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 1 up to 2700 metres. Other conifers associated with Cephalotaxus harringtonii are:

USDA Hardiness zone – 7
Cephalotaxus harringtonii 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 harringtonii is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Cephalotaxus harringtonii and they are listed as follows:

• 1 Habitat Loss & Degradation
  • 1.1 Agriculture & Forestry

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Cephalotaxus harringtonii 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 harringtonii is Cephalotaxus. The coordinate taxa for Cephalotaxus harringtonii are therefore:

Cephalotaxus harringtonii 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
‘Duke Gardens’, ‘Fastigiata’, ‘Fastigiata Aurea’, ‘Fastigiata Aureovariegata’, ‘Fujinami Yellow’, ‘Gimborn’s Pillow’, ‘Gnome’, ‘Kools’, ‘Korean Gold’, ‘Lad’, ‘Ogon Chosen Maki’, ‘Prostrata’, ‘Sphaeralis’