Taxaceae FAMILY Vulnerable

Pseudotaxus chienii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pseudotaxus chienii is an evergreen shrub that can grow around 4 metres tall[ 329 Title The Gymnosperm Database Publication Author Website http://www.conifers.org/index.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A vast amount of information on conifers and families of gymnosperms. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It is occasionally grown as an ornamental. Pseudotaxus chienii has undergone a suspected population reduction in the past three generations (> 90 years) of more than 30% due to exploitation and habitat loss. The reduction is likely to be continuing but probably not at the same rate. It is uncertain if the reduction has exceeded the 50% threshold required for listing as Endangered. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Southeast China (northern Guangdong, northern Guangxi, northwestern and southern Hunan, southwestern Jiangxi, southern Zhejiang)

HabitatAn understorey plant in evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forests at elevations from 700 -1,500 metres[ 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. ].