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Taxon: Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.

Genus: Taxus
Family: Taxaceae.
Nomen number: 80073
Place of publication: Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3):232. 1846 (Fl. jap. fam. nat. 2:110.)
Name verified on: 09-Nov-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 14-Oct-2005
Species priority site is: Northeast Regional PI Station (NE9).
Accessions: 9 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN BECAUSE RARE OR ENDANGERED

Species on the following lists:


Common names:

  • Japanese yew   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • ichii   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  • kyaraboku   (Source: F JapanOhwi [as T. cuspidata var. nana]) – Japanese Rōmaji

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Kurile Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin
    China: China - Heilongjiang, Jilin [e.], Liaoning, Shaanxi
    Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea

References:

  • Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Cope, E. A. 1998. Taxaceae: the genera and cultivated species. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 64:309.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) [mentions].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) 4:438.
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
  • Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. (F Manshur)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system - on-line resource. (Can Poison Pl)
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
  • Tai Hyun Chung. 1965. Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea, vol. 5, Tracheophyta. (Ency Korea)
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.:

  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Taxus cuspidata cultivars
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?80073 (09 February 2010)

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