Torreya californica
New York J. Pharm. (1852–1854) 3: 49. 1854.
Common names: California torreya California-nutmeg
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Torreya myristica Hooker Tumion californicum (Torrey) Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
Trees to 20 (–25) m; trunk to 9 (–12) dm diam.; crown conic or, in age, round-topped. Branches spreading to slightly drooping; 2-year-old branches reddish-brown. Leaves 3–8 cm, abaxial side with 2 deeply impressed, glaucous bands of stomates, flattened on adaxial side, emitting pungent odor when crushed. Pollen cones whitish. Seed (including aril) 2.5–3.5 cm; aril light green streaked with purple. 2n = 16.
Habitat: Rare and local along mountain streams, protected slopes, creek bottoms, and moist canyons of the Coastal Range and Sierra Nevada
Elevation: 0–2000 m
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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... more about "Torreya californica"
pungent +
flattened +
ruminate +
spine-tipped +
splitting +
resinous +
streaked with purple;light green +
leathery +
thin +
impressed +
glaucous +
narrow +
fissured +
decussate +
inconspicuous +
reddish-brown +
2-year-old +
spreading;slightly drooping +
inconspicuous +
Calif. +
Rare and local along mountain streams, protected slopes, creek bottoms, and moist canyons of the Coastal Range and Sierra Nevada +
Present +
developed +
2-ranked +
persisting +
rigid +
maturing +
not winged +
clustered +
whitish +
maturing +
axillary +
spheric +
New York J. Pharm. +
1854 +
central +
absent +
fibrous;woody +
woody +
maturing +
axillary +
reduced +
not winged +
maturing +
erect +
abaxial +
Torreya californica +
Torreya +
species +
0dm;9dm +
opposite +
terete +
resinous +
evergreen +
aromatic +
dioecious +
6;8 +