Catkin-Yews
Amentotaxus
Amentotaxus is a genus of conifers (catkin-yews) comprising five species, treated in either the Cephalotaxaceae, or in the Taxaceae when that family is considered in a broad sense. The genus is endemic to subtropical Southeast Asia, from Taiwan west across southern China to Assam in the eastern Himalaya, and south to Vietnam. The species are evergreen shrubs and small trees reaching 2–15 m tall.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Taiwan catkin-yew
speciesAmentotaxus formosana
Chinese flowering catkin-yew
speciesAmentotaxus argotaenia
Yunnan Catkin-Yew
speciesAmentotaxus yunnanensis
Poilane's catkin-yew
speciesAmentotaxus poilanei
Assam Catkin-Yew
speciesAmentotaxus assamica
Hà Tuyên catkin-yew
speciesAmentotaxus hatuyenensis
Amentotaxus hekouensis
speciesAmentotaxus hekouensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 129800.