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Chapter 18 - Torreya

Taxales: Cephalotaxaceae

from Part III - Living Arborescent Gymnosperm Genetic Presentations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2024

Christopher N. Page
Christopher N. Page
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University of Exeter
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Summary

Moderate-sized evergreen trees, of graceful appearance and monopodial habit throughout life, with initially strongly whorled but widely spaced horizontally spreading branch systems and eventual broadly domed crown of open habit, bearing numerous and persistent flattened spine-tipped leaves.

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Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
Pattern, Process and Diversity
 , pp. 362 - 373
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Torreya
  • Christopher N. Page, University of Exeter
  • Book: Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
  • Online publication: 11 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009262965.022
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009262965.022
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