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Cephalotaxus spp.

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Cephalotaxus, the only genus of the family Cephalotaxaceae with eight species and few varieties known so far, is mostly native to China. Seven of the eight known Cephalotaxus species growing in China are: C. fortunei Hook. f., C. hainanensis Li, C. wilsoniana Hay., C. mannü Hook, f., C. oliveri Mast., C. lanceolata K.M. Feng, and C. sinensis Li. C. harringtonia occurs in Japan and C. mannii is also found in India [1, 2].

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