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Cephalotaxus Sieb. & Zucc. ex Endl.

Gen. Pl. Suppl. 2: 27. 1842.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Evergreen, dioecious tree, young branchlets green and marked with minute white stomatal dots. Buds ovate. Leaves somewhat spiral on vertical shoots and distichous on lateral shoots. ♂ Flowers in globose heads. ♀ Flowers pedunculate, composed of opposite pairs of cup-shaped bracts with two ovules each at the base; usually only one develops into an olive-like “fruit” (seed), ripening in the second season.