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Amentotaxus
Amentotaxus is a genus of five evergreen conifers (catkin-yews) from subtropical Southeast Asia, growing as shrubs or small trees 2 to 15 m tall. Growing them in cultivation is uncommon, and the notes below reflect general knowledge of the genus rather than specific cultivation sources.
Amentotaxus is a genus of conifers (catkin-yews) comprising five species, treated in the Taxaceae. The genus is native 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.
The leaves are spirally arranged on the shoots, but twisted at the base to lie in two flat ranks (except on erect leading shoots); they are linear-lanceolate, 4–12 cm long and 6–10 mm broad, soft in texture, with a blunt tip, green above, and with two conspicuous white stomatal bands below. They differ from the related genus Cephalotaxus in the broader leaves, and from Torreya by the blunt, not spine-tipped leaves.
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