Cephalotaxus koreana
Korean plum yew (Tripp 1995).
The molecular analysis of Hao et al. (2008) showed that the clade C. harringtonia - C. koreana - C. wilsoniana is monophyletic, and that the latter two species could be treated as varieties of C. harringtonia.
An upright, slow-growing shrub to 3 m tall, densely branched with black-green needles ca. 5 cm long and 4 mm wide (Tripp 1995).
Japan: Honshu, Hokkaido; North and South Korea; NE China; at low to middle elevations; USDA Zone 6, perhaps Zone 5 (Tripp 1995, Farjon 1998).
No data as of 2023.02.23.
No data as of 2023.02.23.
No data as of 2023.02.23.
Endangered by extensive clearcutting in Korea (Yinger 1989).
Yinger, Barry. 1989. Notes on Cephalotaxus, the plum yew. Bull. American Conifer Society 6(3):57-59.
Nakai 1930, Bot. Mag. Tokyo 44:508.
Last Modified 2023-02-26