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Austrotaxus

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n.1.a genus having but one species; the New Caledonian yew.
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Noun1.Austrotaxus - a gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yew
genus Austrotaxus
gymnosperm genus - a genus of gymnosperms
family Taxaceae, Taxaceae, yew family - sometimes classified as member of order Taxales
Austrotaxus spicata, New Caledonian yew - large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii
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Florin (1948, 1958) argued that Taxus and its related genera Amentotaxus, Austrotaxus, Pseudotaxus, and Torreya differed significantly from other conifers and should be segregated in their own class, mainly because the ovule is terminal on a shoot in this group and lateral in other living conifers.
Implications of Fossil Conifers for the Phylogenetic Relationships of ... by Miller Jr., Charles N. / The Botanical Review
Austrotaxus and Pseudotaxus are known only from New Caledonia and the Zhejiang (Chekiang) Province, China, respectively.
Taxaceae: the genera and cultivates species by Cope, Edward A. / The Botanical Review
 
 
 
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