Common name: Stinking Cedar, Florida Torreya
Family: Taxaceae
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Country of Origin: USA: Florida and Georgia
Description: Critically endangered and protected under the US Endangered Species Act. Stinking Cedar had a very limited native range, and wild populations have been devastated by a fungal disease (Fusarium torreyae)
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Source: Karl Fetter, Wegrzyn lab
Provenance:
Plant from Karl Fetter, Wegrzyn lab, UConn EEB, for genomics study. Open-pollinated seedling from John Reuter
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Classification:
- Division: Pinophyta
- Class: Pinopsida
- SubClass: Pinidae
- Order: Cupressales
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- Family: Taxaceae
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References:
Torreya taxifolia in The Gymnosperm Database. Accessed June 27 2022.
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