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Torreya
Also called Tracheophytes
Torreya is a genus of conifers comprising six or seven species placed in the family Taxaceae, though sometimes formerly placed in Cephalotaxaceae. Four species are native to eastern Asia; the other two are native to North America. They are small to medium-sized trees reaching 5–20 m, rarely 25 m, tall. Common names include nutmeg yew.
The genus is one example of the Arcto-Tertiary Geoflora in paleoecology. The pattern of highly disjunct distribution of geographic ranges of the species within such a genus spans temperate plant zones of continents in the Northern Hemisphere.
California nutmeg · Farges Nutmeg Tree · Chinese Torreya · Jack's Nutmeg Tree · Japanese torreya · Florida Torreya
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