Taxales: Cephalotaxaceae
from Part III - Living Arborescent Gymnosperm Genetic Presentations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 November 2024
Mostly dioecious (occasionally monoecious), evergreen, slow-growing, resiniferous woody shrubs or slender bushy trees, attaining moderate size and age, but with occasional members forming larger, much older and stouter trees. Of monopodial habit when young and throughout much of their life, or becoming of more or less irregular habit with maturity. The females bear scattered clusters of pendulous large fleshy-covered seeds in autumn, which are long-retained on the parent plant.
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