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Amentotaxus argotaenia
Also called Chinese Flowering Catkin Yew, Cathay Catkin Yew, Eastern Catkin Yew, Northern Catkin Yew
Catkin yew is a shrub or small tree up to about 7 m tall, native to southern China, Taiwan and northern Vietnam, and rarely grown outside botanic collections. It is a conifer related to true yews and is grown mainly for its foliage in shaded, moist woodland conditions.
Amentotaxus argotaenia, the catkin yew, is a species of conifer in the yew family, Taxaceae. It is a shrub or a small tree up to 7 metres (23 ft) tall.
Amentotaxus argotaenia var. brevifolia has been described from southern Guizhou and listed separately by IUCN. Amentotaxus formosana was previously recognised as a variant of A. argotaenia.
In mainland China, the species is found in Fujian, southern Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, western Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, northwestern Jiangxi, central and southeastern Sichuan, southeastern Tibet and southern Zhejiang. It also occurs in Taiwan. In Hong Kong, it is distributed in Ma On Shan, Tai Mo Shan, Mount Parker, Sunset Peak, Lantau Peak, and Sai Kung Peninsula. In the Shing Mun Arboretum, a living specimen is displayed.
Assam Catkin Yew · Taiwan Catkin Yew · Amentotaxus hatuyenensis · Poilane's Catkin Yew · Yunnan Catkin Yew · Catkin Yews
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Amentotaxus argotaenia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
