Cephalotaxus alpina

Botanical Description

Cephalotaxus alpina is an evergreen shrub or a tree that can grow from 2 - 13 metres tall. The bole can be 10 - 20cm or more in diameter[ 1193 Title A taxonomic revision of the genus Cephalotaxus (Taxaceae) Publication Phytotaxa 84 (1); 1-24 Author Xue-Dong Lang; Jian-Rong Su; Shu-Gang Lu & Zhi-Jun Zhang Website http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.84.1.1 Publisher Magnolia Press Year 2013 ISBN 1179-3163 Description A review of the genus Cephalotaxus. It can be downloaded from the Internet ]. The plant is harvested from the wild as a source of oil, and also probably as a food. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, where it can be used to make a hedge[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. This taxon appears to have a small area of occupancy (estimated from herbarium collections to be 589 km²) that is certainly less than 2,000 km², and the population is severely fragmented. No specific threats or recent declines have been observed or recorded. However some decline is suspected due to high rates of deforestation in some parts of its range at the end of the last century. The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].