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Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 130. 1838.
Common names: Torreya stinking-cedar
Etymology: After John Torrey (1796–1873), distinguished U.S. botanist
Synonyms: Tumion Rafinesque
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| − | --><span class="statement" id="st- | + | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>dioecious. <b>Bark</b> brown to grayish brown, tinged with orange, fissured. <b>Branches</b> spreading to drooping; twigs nearly opposite. <b>Leaves</b> mostly appearing 2-ranked, rigid; stomates abaxial, in 2 narrow, glaucous, whitish or brownish bands; apex sharp-pointed, spine-tipped, sharp to touch; resin canal central. <b>Pollen</b> cones ovoid or oblong, with 6–8 whorls of 4 sporophylls, each bearing 4 sporangia. <b>Ovules</b> 2, only 1 of each pair maturing. <b>Seed</b> maturing in 2 years; aril green or green with purple streaks, resinous, leathery, thin, completely enclosing woody seed coat, splitting into 2 parts at maturity; albumen ruminate. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!-- |
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Revision as of 14:25, 27 July 2019
Trees dioecious. Bark brown to grayish brown, tinged with orange, fissured. Branches spreading to drooping; twigs nearly opposite. Leaves mostly appearing 2-ranked, rigid; stomates abaxial, in 2 narrow, glaucous, whitish or brownish bands; apex sharp-pointed, spine-tipped, sharp to touch; resin canal central. Pollen cones ovoid or oblong, with 6–8 whorls of 4 sporophylls, each bearing 4 sporangia. Ovules 2, only 1 of each pair maturing. Seed maturing in 2 years; aril green or green with purple streaks, resinous, leathery, thin, completely enclosing woody seed coat, splitting into 2 parts at maturity; albumen ruminate. x = 11.
Distribution
North America, Asia in China and Japan.
Discussion
Two Asian species are planted as ornamentals in North America: Torreya nucifera Siebold & Zuccarini (kaya-nut, Japanese torreya), which yields edible seeds and cooking oil, and T. grandis Fortune (Chinese torreya).
Species 4(–6) (2 in the flora).
Selected References
Lower Taxa
Key
| 1 | Two-year-old branches reddish brown; leaves 3-8 cm, flattened on adaxial side, with 2 deeply impressed, glaucous bands of stomates abaxially, emitting pungent odor when crushed; aril light green streaked with purple; California. | Torreya californica |
| 1 | Two-year-old branches yellowish green, yellowish brown, or gray; leaves 1.5-3.8 cm, rounded on adaxial side, with 2 scarcely impressed, grayish bands of stomates abaxially, emitting fetid odor when crushed; aril dark green streaked with purple; Florida, Georgia. | Torreya taxifolia |