Biodiversity and Conservation 2 , 3 0 4 - 3 2 6 (1993)
A preliminary world list of threatened conifer
taxa
ALJOS F A R J O N *
Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 2, PO Box 80.102, 3508 TC Utrecht, The
Netherlands
C H R I S T O P H E R N. P A G E
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK
NICO S C H E L L E V I S
Pinetum Blijdenstein, University of Amsterdam, Van der Lindenlaan 125, 1217 PJ Hilmersum. The
Netherlands
Received 25 February 1992; revised 24 August 1992; accepted 23 September 1992
Conifers (the fast-growing 'softwoods' of the world) occur as the dominant plants of most
temperate rainforest communities. Almost all are tall forest trees, whose high commercial value
creates conservation vulnerability for many local species in our increasingly resource-hungry
world. Counting species, of an estimated 600 world total 362 would fall into this category and
consequently appear on this list. This paper provides a preliminary analytical world census list of
416 conifer taxa (species, subspecies and varieties) considered to be of conservation concern.
Keywords: conifers; taxa; conservation; IUCN Red Data Book categories
Introduction: the species conservation threat
The conifers are well represented as fossil forests on Earth over a period of at least 320
million years. Their ancient history is reflected in a world-wide distribution, their partial
decline since flowering plants 'took over' in the Cretaceous in the many relict endemic
species. Today, their modern survivors form integral and vitally important constituents
of temperate forests in northern latitudes of Europe, Asia and America. They are also
the main tree dominants of many temperate rainiorests on isolated tropical mountains,
insular areas, and on the landmass tips and islands of the southern hemisphere, to which
many of the estimated 600 different species and several whole genera are endemic.
Several species are the only forest-forming plants on the semi-arid mountains and
plateaus in the interior of continental landmasses. Throughout each of these regions, the
ecological role of their vegetation is one of the environmentally productive evergreen
forests stabilizing the climates and soils of a great range of habitats, sometimes under the
most extreme climatic and edaphic conditions. Internationally, conifers provide a
uniquely wide variety of types of wood for almost every important purpose to which
timbers are put, especially for structural purposes and for paper, for which softwoods are
the world's staple materials. In a more emotive sense, the conifers also include the
tallest, biggest and oldest living things on this planet.
*To whom correspondence should be addressed.
0960-3115 (~) 1993 Chapman & Hall
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Ironically, it is the very importance of conifers to man which is now working toward
the demise of many rarer species, and the near-downfall of some. The best timber has
always been derived from the largest and oldest inhabitants of the world's natural forests.
Consequent over-exploitation of the resource world-wide by persistant logging of the
best old natural trees has long been a key factor in eliminating significant future breeding
individuals. Such destruction has already probably narrowed the genetic base of many
taxa, and some surviving populations may already be beyond the point of recovery of
their former ecological diversity, even if logging stopped today.
Destruction rates for many rare conifers have increased as man has gained better
access to formerly inaccessible areas, and has devised ever more effective ways of
removing the trees. Through steady improvements in machinery, the efficiency of timber
extraction, including wholesale forest removal over major land areas for chipboard
production especially in insular and coastal areas, parallels that of tropical forest
destruction, and is of special threat to more localized conifers.
Of forest states, certainly the most irreplaceable within human time-scales is the one
referred to by lumbermen as 'old growth' forest-i.e, the original wild stands of aged tree
individuals, often themselves surrounded by a vigorous, multi-aged vegetation structure,
achieved over a large number of years, typically many centuries. For other forests
regeneration is often prevented by such factors as grazing and frequent burning or by
replacement of native forests by active plantation forestry.
Of species and genotype loss, especially threatened (or, in several cases, already
largely eliminated) are smaller stands of many of the more local and rarer species initially
prized as some of the most unusual and best quality timbers.
The threatened conifer list
An initial draft list was prepared from accumulated file data, which incorporated that of
the Botanic Gardens Conservation Secretariat (BGCS). This has been taxonomically
updated as necessary and to it has been added information derived from numerous
recent floristic, ecological, conservational and local field surveys, wherever these have
been known to us. To these are added direct field survey experience of some of the more
critical conifer taxa in Japan, Taiwan, New Caledonia, western and southeastern North
America and Chile by one of the authors (CNP). The initial draft list was then circulated
to members of the Conifer Specialist Group (CSG), who participate in the
Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the International Union for the Conservation of
Nature (IUCN), for evaluation and further amendment. The preliminary list derived is
presented below.
Taxonomy and nomenclature
The 'conifers' presented in this list include taxa at the ranks of species, subspecies and
varieties in two Orders: Coniferales and Taxales. In preparing the list, we have adhered
to recent revisions and monographs (if any) or recent major floras. Basic taxonomy on
familial and generic levels generally followed Page (1990). For Pinaceae (generic rank
and lower) Farjon (1990) was followed. The names of taxa in Podocarpaceae are
generally in accordance with the revisionary work of De Laubenfels (various publications), with some amendments recently proposed by Page (1988). Where opinions
appeared to differ concerning status of taxa, again recent reference works were con-
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suited, but excessive 'splitting' or 'lumping' taxonomies were avoided. The nomenclature
of Pinaceae follows the recently (June 1991) distributed Draft List of Names in Current
Use (NCU) prepared by Farjon (see Taxon 40, 521-4, August 1991, for depository
addresses) which has been thoroughly checked by nomenclaturalists. Such lists are as yet
unavailable for other conifer families, the followed nomenclature there stems from the
works consulted.
Distribution
The distribution of taxa has been given in the concise manner of the IUCN list,
sometimes with conservation status listed separately for each country or region. It has
been checked against current literature, especially floras and plant-atlases or monographs; a few of these references (Perry, 1991; Takhtajan, 1981) are given below. It gives
only a general idea of distribution and serves only to pinpoint the countries or regions of
concern. IUCN listed a Regional and a World Red Data Book category. The present list
enumerates the taxa thought to be of conservation importance in a single category,
whether local or widespread. This means that if a taxon is being depleted in a restricted
part of its range but, in the opinion of the CSG, neither rare nor threatened in most of its
range, it has not been included. There has been some urging to include such (disjunct)
populations, but with the world-wide distribution of conifers and the diffuse ranges of
many taxa it will be obvious that such listing would remain substantially incomplete.
Nevertheless, when large-scale destruction, even of still common taxa, is reported, these
taxa have been listed.
Conservation status
We have, in general, followed the definitions of IUCN conservation categories from the
Red Data Book, but with further subdivision of some categories, since we feel this more
correctly reflects the varying degrees of threat to conifers specifically. They are also
digitalized. Additional uncertain categories of the IUCN (indeterminate, insufficiently
known) have not been used.
The exact status of individual taxa has been a subject of active debate among
members, and the category given in this list is that derived on the basis of the best
information available to us at present. We have based our assessment of threats strictly
on the biological basis of population vulnerablity, as we see it, irrespective of whether
that population was, for example, considered as locally closely protected or otherwise in
a specific reserve or national park. We feel that this is important for a realistic basis on
which to work towards future analyses of losses and of gene pools of taxa. This approach
serves to point especially to the important continuation of such refuges, to the very real
possibilities of the threats materializing should political circumstances supporting protective areas change, and to the vulnerability still remaining where un-naturally small
surviving areas and populations could be subject to the vicissitudes of natural disasters.
This is not intended to imply any lack of support for the existence of such areas (indeed
the contrary), nor any denegration of trust in the nature of their current management.
With this approach in mind, and with threats to conifer populations continually
changing, we especially welcome receipt of further information which will enable us to
amend and update this preliminary list to reflect more accurately the current biological
status of wild conifer taxa. We are grateful to many colleagues for their constructive
discussion of these topics so far.
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Conservation categories
IUCN
CSG
EX
E
V (p.p.)
V (p.p.)
R (p.p.)
R (p.p.)
0
1
2
3
4
5
extinct and presumed extinct in the wild
endangered
most vulnerable
vulnerable
rare, range very small, at risk
range restricted, or rare in entire larger range
At present, some elementary statistics may be given (Table 1).
Table 1. Status of taxa
Status
Number of taxa
0 extinct in the wild
1 endangered
2 most vulnerable
3 vulnerable
4 rare, range very small, at risk
5 range restricted or scattered
Total number of taxa on the list
1 (Thuja sutchuenensis)
42
54
103
119
97
416
Purposes of the list
This list has several specific functions.
1. To provide a basis for further comment and input, especially on a regional and local
basis.
2. To point towards the species around which it is most imperative to develop active
biological research programmes, and to improve knowledge towards conservation
aims.
3. To indicate conifer taxa around which it is of greatest significance to ensure adequate
field protection of remaining populations and to develop, as necessary and with
greatest priority, new in situ conservation efforts.
4. To outline those taxa most important for botanic gardens already holding them to
retain, propagate and disseminate, and around which new ex situ conservation efforts
integrated with in situ programmes should be structured.
5. To serve as a framework from which to develop future analysis, and thereby as a basis
for the construction of a future action plan by the CSG of IUCN.
6. To provide a list around which to focus priorities for political conservation support.
Members of the Conifer Specialist Group
Adams, R.P. Plant Biotechnology Center, Baylor University, PO Box 97372, Waco, TX
76798-7372, USA.
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Bailey, D.K. 624 Pearl Street, No. 403, Boulder, CO 80302, USA.
Barnes, R.D. Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford Forestry Institute, University of
Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK.
Braggins, J. Department of Botany, University of Auckland, Private Bag, Auckland,
New Zealand.
de Laubenfels, D.J. Department of Geography, Syracuse University, 343 H.B. Grouse
Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244-1160, USA.
Debreczy, Z. Botanical Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
VIII, H-1476 BP, Pf. 222, Hungary.
Farjon, A. Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 2, PO
Box 80.102, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Hart, J.A. Institute of Forest Genetics, US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Forest and
Range Experiment Station, 2480 Carson Road, Placerville, CA 95667, USA.
Hawksworth, F.G. US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment
Station, 240 West Prospect Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA.
Molloy, B.P.J. Manaaki Whenua- Landeare Research New Zealand Ltd, P.O. Box 69,
Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Page, C.N. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK.
Perry, J.P. 306 Front Street, Hertford, NC 27944, USA.
Rushforth, K.D. 32 Park Lane, Fareham, Hants PO16 7JX, UK.
ScheUevis, N.P.A. Pinetum Blijdenstein, University of Amsterdam, Van der Lindenlaan
125, 1217 P J, Hilversum, The Netherlands.
Silba, J. 198 West Hoffman Avenue, Lindenhurst, NY 11757, USA.
Stockey, R.A. Department of Botany, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2E9,
Canada.
Styles, B.T. Department of Plant Sciences, Oxford Forestry Institute, University of
Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, UK.
Tomlinson, P.B. Harvard University, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA 01366, USA.
Watt, A. Otway Ridge Arboretum, Chapel Vale Road, Laver's Hill, 3238. Victoria,
Australia.
Woltz, P. Laboratoire de Morphogen~se V6g6tale, Universit6 Aix-Marseille III, Service
442, Facult6 des Sciences et Techniques de Saint-J6rome, Av. Escadrille NormandieNi6men, 13397 Marseille, Cedex 13, France.
Zanoni, T.A. Jardin Botanico Nacional 'Dr Rafael M. Moscoso', Apartado 21-9, Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Zhong-tian, Guan, Sichuan Institute of Forestry, Exploration and Design, Ren Ming Bei
Lu Road, Chengdu 610081, China.
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Taxonomic list
Taxon
Distribution
Status
Queensland
New Zealand, northern part of North Island
New Caledonia
Borneo (central) (3); Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak (4)
Malaysia (Gunong Tahan)
Malaysia, Sabah, Mt Kinabalu
New Caledonia
Malaysia, Sabah, Mt Kinabalu (4): Crocker Range (1?)
Northern Queensland
New Caledonia, Mt. Pani6
New Caledonia
Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak
S New Caledonia
New Hebrides, Vanuatu (Espiritu Santo), Santo
Peak
SE New Guinea, PNG, eastern highlands
Fiji Islands
Argentina, S Brazil
Argentina; Chile
New Caledonia
New Caledonia
Norfolk Island
New Caledonia
New Guinea, PNG
New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia, Port Bois6
New Caledonia
4
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
3
4
5
3
3
Araucariaceae
Agathis atropurpurea Hyland
Agathis australis (D. Don in Lamb.) Steud.
Agathis corbassonii Laubenfels
Agathis endertii Meijer Drees
Agathis flavescens Ridley
Agathis kinabaluensis Laubenfels
Agathis lanceolata Lindl. ex Warburg
Agathis lenticula Laubenfels
Agathis microstachya J. Bailey & C. White
Agathis montana Laubenfels
Agathis moorei (Lindl.) Masters
Agathis orbicula Laubenfels
Agathis ovata (Moore ex Veillard) Warburg
Agathis silbae Laubenfels
Agathis spathulata Laubenfels
Agathis vitiensis (Seemann) Benth. & Hook. f.
Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze
Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch
Araucaria bernieri J. Buchholz
Araucaria biramulata J. Buchholz
Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco
Araucaria humboldtensis J. Buchholz
Araucaria hunsteinii Schumann
Araucaria laubenfelsii Corbasson
Araucaria luxurians (Brongn. & Gris) Laubenfels
Araucaria muelleri (Carri~re) Brongn. & Gris
Araucaria nemorosa Laubenfels
Araucaria rulei F. Mueller
4
5
4
3
5
4
5
3
4
5
5
3
3
3
5
Araucaria schmidii Laubenfels
Araucaria scopulorum Laubenfels
Araucaria subulata Vieillard
New Caledonia, Mt Pani6
New Caledonia, local on coast
New Caledonia
t~
t%
Cephalotaxaceae
Cephalotaxus harringtonia (Knight) K. Koch var.
drupacea (Sieb. & Zucc.) Koidz.
Cephalotaxusfortunei Hook. f.
Cephalotaxus griffithii Hook. f.
Cephalotaxus hainanensis Li
Cephalotaxus lanceolata Feng
Cephalotaxus mannii Hook. f.
Cephalotaxus oliveri Masters
Cephalotaxus wilsoniana Hayata
Japan; Central & W China
China, Sichuan, Yunnan, eastward to Zhejiang; N Burma
India, Mishmi Hills (Upper Assam)
China, Guangdong (Hainan), Guangxi, SE Yunnan
China, Yunnan (Gongshan)
China, Guangdong (Xingyi, Hainan), Guangxi, Yunnan,
Xizang (Zizhiqu) (1); Vietnam (3); Upper Burma,
Meghalaya (2); E India, Naga Hills
China, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi,
Sichuan, Yunnan
Taiwan
5
5
5
4
3
3
Cupressaceae
Actinostrobus acuminatus Parl.
Actinostrobus pyrarnidalis Miq. in C. Lehm.
Austrocedrus chilensis (D. Don) Pichi-Serm.
& Bizzarri
Callitris baileyi C.T. White
Callitris drummondii (Parl.) F. Mueller
Callitris monticola J. Garden
Callitris neocaledonica Diimmer
CaUitris oblonga L.C. Rich.
Callitris roei (Endl.) F. Mueller
Callitris sulcata (Parl.) Schlechter
Calocedrus macrolepis S. Kurz
Calocedrus formosana (Florin) Florin
SW Australia
SW Australia
S Chile, Antuco, Valdivia; SW Argentina,
Questrihue
SE Queensland, NE New South Wales
SW Australia
SE Queensland, NE New South Wales
New Caledonia
NE Tasmania
SW Australia
New Caledonia
NE Burma; China, SE Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi,
Guangdong, Hainan; N Vietnam (1)
N Taiwan
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
Taxon
Distribution
Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum.
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Andr. Murray) Parl.
Chamaecyparis obtusa Sieb. & Zucc. var. formosana
Taiwan, Mt. Morrison
USA, SW Oregon, NW California, mainly coastal
(Hayata) Hayata
Status
Taiwan
4
USA, Gulf Coast from Florida to Mississippi
Mexico, Baj a California Norte
California, Piute Mts and vicinity
California, Cuyamaca Mts
S Morocco, near Tizi-n-Test
China, NW Sichuan, S. Gansu, Min River drainage
China, Sichuan
China, Yunnan, SW Sichuan, SE Xizang (here treated as
C. austro-tibetica Silba)
SE Algeria (Sahara), Tassili Plateau, Tamrit
China, SE Xizang, Tsangpo River valley
California, Monterey County, near coast
California, Santa Cruz Mts
California, Mendocino County
Mexico, Guadelupe Island
SW California; Mexico, B aj a California Norte
4
4
4
3
3
1
1
Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) BSP var. henryae (H.L. Li)
Little
Cupressus arizonica Greene vat. montana (Wiggins) Little
Cupressus arizonica var. nevadensis (Abrams) Little
Cupressus arizonica var. stephensonii (C.B. Wolf) Little
Cupressus atlantica Gaussen (a subsp, of C. dupreziana? )
Cupressus chengiana S.Y. Hu
Cupressus chengiana var. jiangeensis (N. Chao) C.T. Kuan
Cupressus duclouxiana Hickel in A. Camus
Cupressus dupreziana A. Camus
Cupressus gigantea Cheng & Fu
Cupressus goveniana Gord. var. goveniana
Cupressus goveniana var. abramsiana (C.B. Wolf) Little
Cupressus goveniana var. pygmaea Lemmon
Cupressus guadelupensis S. Watson var. guadelupensis
Cupressus guadelupensis var. forbesii (Jepson) Little
Cupressus himalaica Silba (syn. : C. corneyana auct., non
Carri~re)
Cupressus lusitanica Mill. var. benthamii (Endl.) Carri~re
Cupressus macrocarpa Hartw. ex Gord.
Cupressus torulosa D. Don
Diselma archeri Hook. f.
Fitzroya cupressoides (Molina) I.M. Johnston
Fokienia hodginsii (Dunn) Henry & Thomas
Juniperus barbadensis L.
Juniperus bermudiana L.
4
1
1
4
3
4
1
4
W Buthan
3
Mexico, Puebla, Hidalgo, Veracruz
California, near Monterey
W Himalaya, S & E Xizang
Tasmania, Cradle Mtn
S Chile; Argentina, W Patagonia
S China, from Zhejiang to SE Yunnan, along Vietnamese
border (also in Vietnam); N Laos
St Lucia, BWI (Petit Piton)
Bermudas
4
4
5
3
3
3
1
1
Juniperus blancoi Martinez
Juniperus brevifolia (Seub.) Ant.
Juniperus cedrus Webb & Berth.
Juniperus centrasiatica Komarov
Juniperus comitana Martinez
Juniperus convallium Rehder & Wilson
Juniperus convallium var. microsperma (Cheng & Fu)
Silba
Mexico, NE Sonora, Durango, El Salto, Mexico,
Carmona
Azores
Canary Islands, Tenerife, Palma; Madeira
China, Xinjiang, Kuen Luen Mountains
Mexico, Chiapas, Comitfin (2); N Guatemala
China, NW Sichuan, SE Xizang
K
8
China, SE Xizang
Juniperus deppeana Steud. var. patoniana
(Martinez) Zanoni
Juniperus deppeana var. robusta Martinez
Juniperus deppeana var. zacatecensis Martinez
Juniperus durangensis Martinez
Juniperus ekmanii Florin
Juniperus flaccida Schlecht. var. martinezii
Mexico, Durango
Mexico, Durango
Mexico, W Zacatecas, Durango
Mexico, Sonora, Durango, Chihuahua, Jalisco, Zacatecas,
Aguascalientes
Haiti, Morne la Selle, Morne la Visite (0?)
Juniperus flaccida var. poblana Martinez
Juniperus gamboana Martfnez
Juniperus gaussenii Cheng
Juniperus gracilior Pilger
Juniperus jaliscana Martfnez
Juniperus komarovii Florin
Juniperus lucayana Britton
Mexico, Jalisco
Mexico, Jalisco, Puebla, Oaxaca
Mexico, Chiapas; Guatemala, Huehuetenango
China, Yunnan
Dominican Rep., Constanza
Mexico, NW Jalisco, S Durango
China, N. Sichuan
Bahamas (3); Cuba (1), Isla de Pinos; Haiti (0);
Jamaica (3)
Juniperus monticola Martinez
Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Veracruz, Puebla, Jalisco,
Michoacan
(Perez de la Rosa) Silba
4
4
4
4
2
2
4
Juniperus oxycedrus ssp. macrocarpa (Sibth. & Smith)
Ball
Juniperus pingii Cheng ex Y. de Ferr6
Juniperus przewalskii Komarov
Juniperus recurva Buch-Ham. ex D. Don var. coxii
(Jacks.) Melville
Mediterranean coasts
China, W Sichuan, NW Yunnan
China, E Qinghai, S Gansu, N Sichuan
t.,o
N Buthan; China, NW Yunnan
t.,o
~O
Taxon
Distribution
Status
Juniperus saxicola Britton & Wilson
Juniperus standleyi Steyerm.
Cuba, Granma, Santiago de Cuba
Mexico-Guatemala, Volcan
Tacana; Guatemala
Japan, Ryuku Islands, Bonin Islands
Haiti, Pic la Selle
New Caledonia
New Caledonia, Mt Humboldt, Mt Kouakou6
New Zealand
New Caledonia, Yat6 River, Quinn6 River
Russian Rep., Sikhote Alin Prov., near Suchan River
New Caledonia (SE part)
New Guinea, Irian Jaya, Moluccas
S Chile (3); Argentina (5) (Andes to Tierra del Fuego)
NE-Central & SW China, Hebei, Shanxi, Henan,
S Shaanxi, S Gansu; Far East of Russian Rep. (3)
S Spain (1); Malta (1); N Morocco (3); N. Algeria (5)
North Korea, Kogen Prov., S Kankeyo Prov. ;
S Korea; NE China, Jilin (1)
China, NE Sichuan, near Chengkou
2
Juniperus taxifolia Hook. & Arn.
Juniperus urbaniana Pilger & Ekman
Libocedrus austro-caledonica Brogn. et Gris
Libocedrus chevalieri J. Buchholz
Libocedrus plumosa (D. Don) Sarg.
Libocedrus yateensis Guillaumin
Microbiota decussata Komarov
Neocallitropsis pancheri (Carri~re) Laubenfels
Papuacedrus arfakensis (Gibbs) H.L. Li
Pilgerodendron uviferum (D. Don) Florin
Platycladus orientalis (L. f.) Franco
Tetraclinis articulata (Vahl) Masters
Thuja koraiensis Nakai
Thuja sutchuenensis Franch.
Thujopsis dolabrata (Thunb. ex L. f. ) Sieb. & Zucc. var.
dolabrata
Thujopsis dolabrata vat. hondae Makino
Widdringtonia cedarbergensis J.A. Marsh
Widdringtonia nodiflora (L,) E. Powrie
Widdringtonia schwarzii (Marloth) Masters
3
4
1
3
3
5
2
3
2
5
5
5
3
3
0
Japan, S Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
Japan, N Honshu, Hokkaido
South Africa, Cape Prov., Cedarberg Mts
NE South Africa; Mozambique; Zimbabwe:
Malawi, Mt Mlanje (2)
South Africa, Cape Prov., Willowmore District
Pinaceae
Abies beshanzuensis M.H. Wu
Abies bracteata (D. Don) D. Don ex Poit.
Abies cephalonica Loud.
Abies chengii Rushforth
China, Zhejiang, Mt Bai-shan-zu NE of Qingyuan
California, Santa Lucia Mts
Greece, Cephalonia, Euboea, Peloponnesos
China, NW Yunnan?
e~
Abies chensiensis Van Tieghem ssp. chensiensis
Abies chensiensis ssp. salouenensis (Bord.-Rey &
Gaussen) Rushforth
Abies chensiensis ssp. yulongxueshanensis Rushforth
Abies cilicica (Ant. & Kotschy) Carri~re ssp. isaurica
Coode & Cullen
Abies colimensis Rushforth
Abies delavayi Franch. var. delavayi
Abies delavayi var motuoensis Cheng & Fu
Abies delavayi var. nukiangensis (Cheng & Fu)
Farjon & Silba
Abies densa Griff.
Abies durangensis var. coahuilensis (I.M. Johnston)
Martfnez
Abies durangensis Martinez var. durangensis
Abies fabri (Masters) Craib ssp. fabri
Abies fabri ssp. minensis (Bord.-Rey & Gaussen)
Rush forth
Abiesfanjingshanensis Huang, Tu & Fang
Abies fargesii Franch.)
(incl. var. sutchuenensis Franch.)
Abies forrestii C. Coltm. Rogers vat. ferreana (Bord.-Rey
& Gaussen) Farjon & Silba
Abiesforrestii var. georgei (Orr) Farjon
Abiesforrestii var. smithii Vigui6 & Gaussen
Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir.
Abies guatemalensis Rehder var. guatemalensis
Abies guatemalensis var. jaliscana Martinez
Abies guatemalensis var. tacanensis (Lundell) Martinez
Abies hickelii F|ous & Gaussen var. hickelii
China, S Shaanxi, W Hubei, SE Gansu, W Sichuan,
SE Xizang
China, NW Yunnan, S Sichuan, SE Xizang; India,
Arunachal, Pradesh
China, Yunnan, Lijiang Shan
Turkey, Isaurian Taurus
Mexico, Jalisco, Nevada de Colima
China, SE Xizang, W Yunnan; N Burma; extreme
NE India
China, SE Xizang
China, Yunnan, Nukiang River
E Himalaya, from E Nepal to NE India (Arunachal
Pradesh); SE Xizang (Chumbi Valley?)
Mexico, Coahuila
Mexico, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, N Jalisco
China, W Sichuan
China, W Sichuan
China, NE Guizhou, near Jiangkou (Fanjing Shan)
China, S Gansu, Shaanxi, W Hubei, NW Sichuan,
Henan?
China, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan
China, NW Yunnan, SW Sichuan, SE Xizang
China, NW Yunnan
USA, SW Virginia, W North Carolina, E Tennessee
S Mexico; W Guatemala; Honduras
Mexico, Jalisco
Mexico, N Chiapas
Mexico, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas
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Taxon
Distribution
Abies hickelii var. oaxacana (Martinez) Farjon & Silba
Abies kawakamii (Hayata) Ito
Abies koreana Wilson
Mexico, Oaxaca, Guerrero
Taiwan, central Mts
South-Korea, Cheju Island, Chiri-san; Russian Rep.,
Sikhote Alin Range
Status
Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. var. arizonica
(Merriam) Lemmon
A bies nebrodensis (Loj ac.) Mattei
Abies nordmanniana (Steven) Spach ssp.
equi-trojani (Aschers. & Sint. ex Boiss.) Coode &
Cullen
Abies numidica De Lannoy ex Carri6re
Abies pinsapo Boiss.
Abies pinsapo var. marocana (Trabut) Ceballos
& Bolanos
USA, Arizona, New Mexico, S Colorado
Italy, Sicily, Monti Nebrodi
W Turkey (Kaz-Dagh, Ulu-Dagh)
N Algeria, Mts Babor, Tababor
S Spain, Prov. Malaga, Granada
N Morocco, Rif Mts
Abiespinsapo var. tazaotana (Cozar ex Hug. del Vill.)
Pourtet
Abies
Abies
Abies
Abies
recurvata var. ernesii (Rehder) C.T. Kuan
recurvata Masters var. recurvata
religiosa (Kunth in H.B.K.) Schlecht. & Cham.
sachalinensis (Fr. Schmidt) Masters var. gracilis
(gomarov) Farjon
N Morocco, Mt Tazaot
China, W Sichuan, SE Xizang
China, Sichuan, near Songpan
Mexico; W Guatemala
Russuan Rep., Kamchatka
A bies sibirica Ledeb. ssp. semenovii (B. A. Fedtschenko)
Farjon
Abies squamata Masters
Abies
Abies
Abies
Abies
veitchii Lindl. var. sikokiana (Nakai) Kusaka
vejarii ssp. mexicana (Martinez) Farjon
vejarii Martinez ssp. vejarii
vejarii ssp. vejarii var. macrocarpa Martinez
Abies yuanbaoshanensis Lii & Fu
Abies ziyuanensis Fu & Mo
Kirgizstan, Talasskij Ala Tau
China, SE Xizang, W Sichuan,
S Gansu, S Qinghay
Japan, Shikoku
Mexico, SE Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sierra Santa Catarina
N Mexico, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, W Tamaulipas
Mexico, Coahuila, Mesa de las Tablas, Nuevo Leon.
Cerro Potosi
China, N Guangxi, Rongshui Xian (Yuanbao Shan)
China, NE Guanxi, SW Hunan
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Cathaya argyrophylla Chun & Kuang
Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Carri~re
Cedrus brevifolia (Hook. f.) Henry
Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) G. Don in Loud.
Cedrus libani A. Rich. var. libani
Cedrus libani var. stenocoma (O. Schwarz) Davis
Keteleeria davidiana (Bertr.) Beissn.
Keteleeria evelyniana Masters
Keteleeriafortunei (Andr. Murray) Carri6re
Larix decidua Mill. var. carpatica Domin
Larix decidua var. polonica (Racib.) Ostenf. & Syrach
Larsen
Larix gmelinii var. olgensis (Henry) Ostenf. & Syrach
Larsen
Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr. var. principis-rupprechtii
(Mayr) Pilger
Larix grif-fithiana (Lindl. & Gord.) Carri~re var.
griffithiana
Larix griffithiana var. speciosa (Cheng & Law) Silba
Larix lyallii Pad.
Larix mastersiana Rehder & Wilson
Larixpotaninii var. himalaica (Cheng & Fu) Farjon &
Silba
Larix potaninii var. macrocarpa Law
Larix potaninii Batalin var. potaninii
Nothotsuga longibracteata (Cheng) Hu ex C.N. Page
Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis (Shirasawa) Fitschen
SE China, NE Guangxi, SE Sichuan, Hunan, Guizhou
Atlas Mts of Algeria & Morocco
Cyprus, Mt Paphos
E Afghanistan; NW Pakistan; NW India; W Nepal (3)
Lebanon (2); Syria; Turkey
SE Turkey
China, NE Yunnan, Sichuan, SE Gansu, S Shaanxi, NW
Guizhou, SW Hubei, SW Hunan, N Guangxi; Taiwan (3)
China, SW Sichuan, Yunnan, Hainan (1); Laos;
Vietnam (1)
SE China
Ukrainian Rep.; Rumania, Carpathian Mts
Poland, headwaters of Wista, Carpathians?
Russian Rep., Ol'ga Bay NE of Vladivostok (3); North
Korea; China, Jilin, E Liaoning
China, Shanxi, Wutai Shan
E Himalayas
China, NW Yunnan, SE Xizang USA, W Montana,
N Idaho, N Washington; Canada, SE British Columbia,
SW Alberta
China, W Sichuan, Guanxian
China, S Xizang (Himalaya)
China, SW Sichuan, NW Yunnan
China, S Ganshu, S Shaanxi, W Sichuan, NW Yunnan,
extreme E Xizang
China, NE Guizhou, SW Hunan, N Guangdong,
NE Guangxi, S Fujian
Japan, central Honshu, Yatsugadake Mts
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l-axon
Picea ah:oquiana (Veitch ex Lindl. ) Carrierc var.
alcoquiana
Picea alcoquiana var. reflexa (Shirasawa) Fitschen
Picea aurantiaca Masters
Picea brachytyla (Franch.) Pritzel (incl. var.
rhombisquamea Stapf)
Picea brachytyla var. complanata (Masters) Cheng ex
Rehder
Picea breweriana S. Watson
Pieea chihuahuana Martinez
Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelmann ssp. mexicana
(Martinez) P. Schmidt
Piceafarreri Page & Rushforth
Picea jezoensis (Sieb. et Zucc.) Carri6re vat. komarovii
(V.N. Vasiljev) Cheng et Fu
Picea koraiensis Nakai var. koraiensis
Picea koraiensis var. pungsanensis (Uyeki ex Nakai)
Schmidt-Vogt ex Farjon
Picea koyamae Shirasawa
Picea likiangensis (Franch.) Pritzel var. hirtella (Rehder
& Wilson) Cheng ex Chen
Picea likiangensis var. montigena (Masters) Cheng ex Che
Picea likiangensis var. rubescens Rehder & Wilson
Picea maximowiczii Regel ex Masters var. maximowiczii
Picea maximowiczii var. senanensis Hayashi
Picea meyeri Rehder & Wilson
Picea morrisonicola Hayata
Picea neoveitchii Masters
Picea omorika (Pancic) Purkyne
Picea purpurea Masters
Distribution
Status
73e2
Japan, central Honshu
Japan, central Honshu, Akaishi Range
China, W Sichuan, SE Xizang?
China, S Gansu, S Shaanxi, NW Hubei, W Sichuan.
NW Sichuan, NW Yunnan, SE Xizang
China, W Sichuan, NW Yunnan; N Burma; NE India
USA, SW Oregon, NW California, Siskiyou Mts
Mexico, SW Chihuahua, S Durango, Nuevo Leon
Mexico, S Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon
Burma, Fen-Shui-Ling Valley
China, Jilin; North Korea
North-Korea; China, Jilin; Russian Rep., Ussuri River
North-Korea
Japan, Honshu, Yatsugadake Mts
China, W Sichuan, SE Xizang
China, SW Sichuan
China, S Quinghai, W Sichuan, SE Xizang
Japan, central Honshu, Yatsugadake Mts, Fuji-san
Japan, central Honshu, Yatsugadake Mts, Fuji-san?
China, Shanxi, Hebei, Nei Monggol, Shaanxi, S Gansu?
Taiwan, central Mts
China, NW Hubei, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, S Gensu, Shanxi
(Wutai Shan), Henan?
Yugoslavia, Tara Mts, Drina River drainage
China, NW Sichuan, Gansu, E Qinghai
2
1
3
2
1
4
4
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Picea retroflexa Masters
Picea spinulosa (Griff.) Henry
Picea torano (K. Koch) Koehne
Picea wilsonii Masters
Pinus amamiana Koidzumi
Pinus armandii Franch. var. mastersiana (Hayata) Hayata
Pinus balfouriana Jeffrey ex Andr. Murray
Pinus balfouriana ssp. austrina R. Mastrogiuseppe &
China, W Sichuan
E Himalaya, Sikkim, Bhutan; SE Xizang?
Japan, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku
China, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, W Sichuan, Hubei
Japan, Yakushima, Tanegashima
Taiwan
N California, Klamath Mts
J. Mastrogiuseppe
Pinus bhutanica Grierson, Long & Page
Pinus brutia Ten. vat. eldarica (Medw.) Silba
S California, Tulare, Fresno & lnyo Counties
Bhutan
Azerbaijan, near border with Georgia; Iran?;
Afghanistan?
Ukrainian Rep., Crimea; Russian Rep.; Georgia, near
coast of Black Sea; Syria?
China, N Sichuan, S Gansu, Hubei,
Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, NE Hebei
Canary Islands
Pinus brutia var. pityusa (Steven) Silba
Pinus bungeana Zucc. ex Endl.
Pinus canariensis C. Smith
Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis (Griseb.) Barrett &
Golfari
Pinus caribaea Morelet vat. caribaea
Pinus cernbroides Zucc. ssp. lagunae (M.-F.
Robert-Passini) D.K. Bailey
Pinus cembroides ssp. orizabensis D.K. Bailey
Pinus chiapensis (Martinez) Andresen
Pinus chihuahuana Engelm.
P/nu$ clausa (Engelm.) Sarg.
P/nus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. var. bolanderi Lemmon
Pinus coulteri D. Don
Pinus cubensis Griseb.
Pinus culminicola Andresen & Beaman
Pinus dabeshanensis Cheng & Law
Pinus dalatensis Y. de Ferr6
Bahama Islands
W Cuba, Isla de Pinos
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Sierra de la Laguna
Mexico, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Veracruz
S Mexico; Guatemala
USA, S Arizona, SW New Mexico; Mexico, Sierra Madre
Occidental
USA, Florida, Alabama, Baldwin Co.
California, Mendocino Co.
California; Mexico, Baja California Norte
W Cuba
Mexico, Coabuila, Nuevo Leon
China, Anhui/Hubei prov. border, Dabie Shan
Vietnam, Mts N of Dalat
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Taxon
Pinus densiflora Sieb. & Zucc. var. funebris (Komarov)
Liou & Wang
Pinus discolor D.K. Bailey & Hawksworth
Pinus fenzeliana Hand.Mzt.
Pinus gerardiana Wallich ex D. Don in Lamb.
Pinus greggii Engelm. ex Parl. in DC.
Pinus heldreichii Christ
Pinus heldreichii var. leucodermis (Ant.) Fitschen
Pinus herrerai Martinez
Pinus jaliscana Perez de la Rosa
Pinus johannis M.-F. Robert
Pinus krempfii Lecomte
Pinus latteri Mason
Pinus lawsonii Roezl ex Gord.
Pinus longaeva D.K. Bailey
Pinus luchuensis Mayr
Pinus lumholtzii Robinson & Fernald
Pinus martinezii E. Larsen
Pinus massoniana Lamb. var. hainanensis Cheng & Fu
Pinus maximartinezii Rzedowski
Pinus merkusii Jungh. & De Vriese
Pinus morrisonicola Hayata
Pinus muricata D. Don (incl. var. borealis Axelrod)
Pinus nelsonii Shaw
Pinus nigra Arnold ssp. dalmatica (Visiani) Franco
Pinus occidentalis Sw.
Distribution
Status
Russian Rep., Maritime Prov. (3); North Korea
USA, S Arizona; Mexico, Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango
S China, Hainan; Vietnam
NW Himalaya, Kashmir; N Pakistan; E Afghanistan;
China, S Xizang
E Mexico, S Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi,
Hidalgo, Sierra Madre Oriental
N Greece, Pindos Mts (?), Mt. Olimbos (type loc.)
S Yugoslavia; Albania; Greece
SW Mexico
Mexico, W Jalisco
NE Mexico, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Nuevo Leon
S Vietnam, between Dalat and Nhatrang
China, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi; E Burma;
N Vietnam
S Mexico
USA, E California, S Nevada, Utah
Japan, Ryukyu (Luchu) Islands
W Mexico, Sierra Madre Occidental
Mexico, W Jalisco, Michoac~n
China, Hainan
Mexico, S Zacatecas, Sierra de Morones, near Pueblo
Viejo
N Sumatra; Philippines
Taiwan, central Mts
California, Pacific coast, Santa Cruz. Santa Rosa Islands:
Mexico, Baja California Norte, Cedros Island
NE Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi,
Coahuila (Mts del Carmen)
Yugoslavia, Dalmatia
E Cuba; Hispaniola
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5
3
4
5
3
5
4
2
2
1
5
5
5
4
5
2
2
1
5
4
5
2
4
3
Pinuspatula Schlecht. & Cham. ssp. tecunumanii
(Eguiluz & Perry) Styles
Pinus peuce Griseb.
Pinus pinceana Gord.
Pinus pseudostrobus Lindl. var. estevesii Martfnez
Pinus quadrifolia Parl. in DC. ex Sudw.
Pinus radiata D. Don
Pinus radiata vat. binata (Engelm.) Lemmon
Pinus remota (Little) D.K. Bailey & Hawksworth
Pinus rzedowskii Madrigal & Caballero
Pinus sylvestris L. var. mongolica Litv.
Pinus sylvestris var. sylvestriformis (Takenouchi) Cheng ex
C.D. Chu
Pinus tabuliformis Carri6re var. henryi (Masters)
C.T. Kuan
Pinus taiwanensis Hayata var. damingshanensis Cheng
& Fu
Pinus torreyana Parry ex Carri6re
Pinus tropicalis Morelet
Pinus wangii Hu & Cheng
Pinus washoensis Mason & Stockwell
Pinus yunnanensis Franch. var. tenuifolia Cheng & Law
Pseudolarix ambilis (Nelson) Rehder
Pseudotsuga japonica (Shirasawa) Beissn.
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa (Vasey) Mayr
Pseudotsuga sinensis var. brevifolia (Cheng & Fu) Farjon
& Silba
Guatemala; Honduras; El Salvador; Mexico, Chiapas,
Oaxaca
Balkan Peninsula, Albania; S Yugoslavia; W Bulgaria;
extreme N Greece
Mexico, Sierra Madre Oriental, Coahuila, Zacatecas, San
Luis Potosi, Quer6taro, Hidalgo?
NE Mexico, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas
S California; Mexico, Baja California Norte
California, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and S. Luis
Obispo Counties
Mexico, Guadahipe Island (1), Cedros Island (2)
USA, SW Texas; Mexico, Coahuila, E Chihuahua,
W Nuevo Leon
Mexico, W Michoacan, Cerro de Chiqueritas, Cerro
Ocotoso, Puerto del Pinabete
China, Heilongjiang, Mongolia, Greater & Lesser
Hinggan Ling
ga.
China, Jilin
China, Siehuan, Hubei, Shaanxi
China, Guizhou, Guangxi (Darning Shan)
S California, Pacificcoast N of San Diego, Santa Rosa
Island
W Cuba, Isla de Pinos
China, SE Yunnan
USA, NE California, Modoc, Plumas & Lassen Counties,
W Nevada, Washoe County
China, Guizhou, Guangxi
China, lower Chang Jiang (Yangtse) valley, Hunan,
N Jiangxi, N Zheijiang, N. Fujian
Japan, W Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
S Cafifomia
to
China, Guangxi, near Longzhou
Taxon
Distribution
Status
Pseudotsuga sinensis var. gaussenii (Flous) Silba
Pseudotsuga sinensis Dode var. sinensis (incl. P. forrestii
Craib, P. wilsoniana Hayata, P. xichangensis Kuan
China, S Zhejiang, Anhui, Sichuan, Fujian?
1
China; Taiwan (1)
USA, Appalachian Mts
2
5
China, Sichuan, W Hubei, Gansu?
China, Sichuan, Yalong Valley, Hubei
China, NW Yunnan, SW Sichuan, Guizhou, Fanjinshen
USA, S Oregon?, California, Siskiyou Mts, Sierra Nevada
USA, N Washington; Canada, British Columbia,
Vancouver Island
3
3
2
5
& Zhou)
Tsuga caroliniana Engelm.
Tsuga chinensis (Franeh.) Pritzel in Diels var.
oblongisquamata Cheng & Fu
Tsuga chinensis var. robusta Cheng & Fu
Tsuga forrestii Downie
Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carri~re ssp. grandicona Farjo
Tsuga mertensiana ssp. mertensiana var. jeffreyi (Henry)
Schneider
Podocarpaceae
Acmopylepancheri (Brongn. & Gris) Pilger
Acmopyle sahniana Buchholz & Gray
Afrocarpus usambarensis (Pilger) C.N. Page
Dacrycarpus expansus Laubenfels
Dacrycarpus kinabaluensis (Wasscher) Laubenfels
Dacrycarpus vieillardii (Parlatore) Laubenfels
Dacrycarpus steupii (Wasscher) Laubenfels
Dacrydium araucarioides Brongn. & Gris
Dacrydium comosum Corner
Dacrydiurn cornwalliana Laubenfels
Dacrydium ericioides Laubenfels
Dacrydium gibbsiae Stapf
Dacrydium gracilis Laubenfels
Dacrydium guillauminii J. Buchholz
Dacrydium leptophyllum (Wassch.) Laubenfels
Dacrydium lycopodioides Brongn. & Gris
Dacrydium magnum Laubenfels
New Caledonia
Fiji Islands
Tanzania, Mbulu & Lushoto Districts
New Guinea
Malaysia, Sabah, Mt Kinabalu
New Caledonia
Borneo to E New Guinea
New Caledonia
Malaysia, Malaya
New Guinea
Malaysia, Sarawak, Merurong Plateau
Malaysia, Sabah, Mt Kinabalu
Malaysia, Sabah, Mt Kinabalu
New Caledonia, Lac en Huit, Rivi~re des Lacs
New Guinea: Irian Jaya, Mt Goliath
New Caledonia, SE part
Moluccas, Obi & Sudest Islands
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Dacrydium nausoriense Laubenfels
Dacrydium peirrei Hickel
Dacrydium spathoides Laubenfels
Falcatifolium angustum Laubenfels
Falcatifolium gruezoi Laubenfels
Falcatifolium taxoides (Brogn. & Gris) Laubenfels
Halocarpus kirkii (F. Mueller ex Pad.) Quinn
Lagarostrobusfranklinii (Hook. f.) Quinn
Lepidothamnus fonkii Phil.
Microcachrys tetragona Hook.
Microstrobos fitzgeraldii (F. Mueller) J. Garden & L.A.S.
Johnson
Microstrobos niphophilus J. Garden & L.A.S. Johnson
Nageiafleuryi (Hickel) Laubenfels
Nageiaformosensis (Dummer) C.N. Page
Nageia maximus (Laubenfels) Laubenfels
Nageia nagi (Thunb.) O. Kuntze
Parasitaxus ustus (Vieill.) Laubenfels
Podocarpus affinis Seemann
Podocarpus angustifolius Griseb.
Podocarpus annamiensis N.E. Gray
Podocarpus aristulatis Parl. in DC.
Podocarpus atjehensis (Wasscher) Laubenfels
Podocarpus borneensis Laubenfels
Podocarpus brevifolius (Stapf) Foxw.
Podocarpus capuronii Laubenfels
Podocarpus costalis C. Presl
Podocarpus costaricensis Laubenfels
Podocarpus decumbens N.E. Gray
Podocarpus deflexus Ridley
Fiji Islands
China, Hainan (3); Vietnam; Thailand
New Guinea, central Irian Jaya
Malaysia, Sarawak, two locations on coast
Philippines; Indonesia, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Obi Islands
New Caledonia
New Zealand, North Island, between Hokiana and
Manukau Harbour
Tasmania, S & W coast
Chile, Valdivia, Cordillera Pelado, Chilo6 Island
Tasmania, high alpine
Australia, Blue Mountains
Tasmania, high alpine
Vietnam; Cambodia; China, Guangdong, Guangxi,
Yunnan
Taiwan
Malaysia, Sarawak
S China; Japan, Shikoku (1), Kyushu (1), Ryukyu Islands
New Caledonia
Fiji Islands, Vitu Levu, Namosi, Voma Peak
Cuba, Las Villas, Pinar del Rio
China, Hainan; E Burma; Vietnam
Cuba; Haiti, Massif de la Selle (2); Dominican Republic,
Cordillera Central (2)
N Sumatra, Gajo Lands; PNG, Wissel Lakes
Borneo, incl. Karimata Island
Malaysia, Sabah, Mount Kinabalu
Madagascar, Mt Ambatomenaloha
S Taiwan, Orchis Isl; Philippines, N Luzon?, Island
between Luzon and Taiwan
Costa Rica, San Marcos de Irazu; Panama?
New Caledonia
Malaya; N Sumatra, Gajo Lands
ga.
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Taxon
Distribution
Status
Podocarpusdispermus White
Podocarpusdrouynianus F. Mueller
Podocarpusfasciculus Laubenfels
Podocarpusgibbsii N.E. Gray
Podocarpusglobulus Laubenfels
Podocarpusgnidioides Carfi~re
PodocarpusguatemalensisStandley
NE Queensland, Atherton Tableland
SW Australia, Warren District
Taiwan; Japan, Ryukyu Islands
Malaysia, Sabah, Mt Kinabalu
Malaysia, N Borneo
New Caledonia
Mexico; Guatemala (1); E1 Salvador;
Belize; Costa Rica (1); Colombia; Venezuela
Dominican Republic, Cordillera Central
Madagascar
Argentina (1); Brazil, near Silo Paulo
Borneo
New Caledonia
Philippines, Luzon, Mt Tapulao
New Caledonia
5
2
3
3
5
4
2
5
Podocarpushispaniolanus Laubenfels
PodocarpushumbertiiLaubenfels
PodocarpuslambertiiKlotzsh
PodocarpuslaubenfelsiiTiong
PodocarpuslongefoliolatusPilger
Podocarpuslophatus Laubenfels
PodocarpuslucieniiLaubenfels
PodocarpusmadagascariensisBaker var. procerus
Laubenfels
Podocarpusmatudai Lundell
PodocarpusmicropedunculatusLaubenfels
PodocarpusmonteverdeensisLaubenfels
Podocarpusnakaii Hayata
Podocarpuspallidus N.E. Gray
Podocarpusparlatorei Pilger
Podocarpuspendulifolius Buchholz & Gray
Podocarpuspolyspermus Laubenfels
Podocarpuspurdieanus Hook.
PodocarpusroraimaePilger
Podocarpusrostratus Laurent
Podocarpusrotundus Laubenfels
Madagascar, Fort Dauphin
Mexico, Vera Cruz, Puebla, Chiapas; Guatemala,
Huehuetenango
Malaysia, NW Sabah, N Sarawak
Costa Rica, Cordillera de Tilarfin, Monteverde Res.
China; Taiwan
Polynesia, E Tongan Islands
Argentina; Bolivia; Peru
Venezuela
New Caledonia
Jamaica, Mt Diablo
Venezuela, Mt Roraima and mountains between
Venezuela and Guyana
Madagascar
E Borneo, Mt Beratus; Philippines, Luzon, Mt Banajao,
Lucban
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Podocarpus rusbyi Buchholz & Gray
Podocarpus salicifolius Klotzsch & Karsten ex Endl.
Podocarpus salomoniensis Wasscher
Podocarpussellowii Klotzsch ex Endl.
Podocarpus smithii Laubenfels
Podocarpus spathoides Laubenfels
Podocarpus subtropicalis Laubenfels
Podocarpus tixieri Gaussen
Podocarpus transiens (Pilger) Laubenfels
Podocarpus trinitensis N.E. Gray
Podocarpus urbanii Pilger
Prumnopitys ladei (Bailey) Laubenfels
Prumnopitys standleyi (Buchholz & Gray) Laubenfels
Retrophyilum minor (Carri~re) C.N. Page
Retrophyllum piresii (Silba) C.N. Page
Retrophyllum rospigliosii (Pilger) C.N. Page
Bolivia, Mapiri, Cocopunco
N Venezuela
San Cristobal Isl. (Solomon)
Brazil, near Sho Paulo
Australia, Queensland, Mt Lewis
Malaya, Mt Ophir; N Moluccas, Morotai; PNG, Rossel
Island, Solomon Islands
China, Yunnan, Sichuan, Mt Omei
Thailand; Kampuchea, Elephant Mts
Brazil, Serra do Cip6
Trinidad, on summit of E1Tucuche
Jamaica, Blue Mts
NE Queensland, Mt Sturgeon
Costa Rica, Volcan de Poas, Cerro las Vueltas
SE New Caledonia
Brazil, Rond6nia, Serra Pacas Novos
Venezuela; E Columbia (1); Central Peru on mountains
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Sciadopityaceae
Sciadopitys verticillata (Thunb. ex J.A. Murray) Sieb.
& Zucc.
Japan, S Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
Taxaceae
Amentotaxus argotaenia (Hance) Pilger
Amentotaxus argotaenia var. brevifolia Lan & Zhang
Amentotaxus assamica D.K. Ferguson
Amentotaxus formosana Li
Amentotaxus yunnanensis Li
Austrotaxus spicata Compton
China, Jiangsu, Zhejiang?, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong,
Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Gansu,
Xizang; Taiwan; Vietnam
China, Guizhou
India, Arunachal Pradesh
SE Taiwan
China, Yunnan, Guizhou; Vietnam
New Caledonia
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Taxon
Distribution
Status
Pseudotaxus chienii (Cheng)Cheng
Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
China, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi
NW North America, Pacific Coast region, Rocky
Mountain region
Florida; along the Apalachicola River
Guatemala; Mexico
China, NW Yunnan-W Yunnan, SW Sichuan, SE Xizang
California, Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada
China, W Hubei, NE Sichuan
China, Fujian, Zhejiang
USA, NW Florida, SW Georgia
China, NW Yunnan
2
5
1
2
3
5
3
1
1
1
Australia, Tasmania
Australia, Tasmania
Australia, Tasmania
4
4
4
Taxusfloridana Nutt. ex Chapm.
Taxus globosa Schlechter
Taxus yunnanensis Cheng & Fu
Torreya californica Torrey
Torreya fargesii Franch.
Torreyajackii Chun
Torreya taxifolia Am.
Torreya yunnanensis Cheng & Fu
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Taxodiaceae (recently included in Cupressaceae)
Athrotaxis cupressoides D. Don
Athrotaxis laxifolia Hook.
Athrotaxis selaginoides D. Don
Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb, ex L. f.) D. Don var.
japonica
Cryptomeria japonica var. sinensis Miq. in Sieb. & Zucc.
Cunninghamia konishii Hayata
Cunninghamia unicanaliculata D.Y. Wang & H.L. Liu
Glyptostrobus pensilis (Staunton) K. Koch
Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & Cheng
Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl.
Taiwania cryptomerioides Hayata
Taxodiurn mucronatum Ten.
Edinburgh. Utrecht, 25 August 1992
Japan, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
5
S China
5
Taiwan
3
China, Sichuan
3
SE China, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan
Island, Yunnan; N Vietnam?
2
China, E Sichuan, W Hubei, NW Hunan
2
USA, Pacific Coast region from Curry County, SW Oregon to
Monterey Co., California
5
Taiwan, Mt Morrison (3); China, NW Yunnan (3);
N Burma (2)
3
USA, S Texas; Mexico; Guatemala
5
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