Genus Torreya Arn.


Summary
Genus number:
12203
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Taxaceae
Accession count:

84 (73  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons., Madrid ICN Art. 14.10 & App. III) over the earlier homonym (Madrid ICN Art. 53) Torreya Raf., nom. rej.


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References:
  1. Cope, E. A. 1998. Taxaceae: the genera and cultivated species. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 64:291-322.
  2. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
  3. Li, J. et al. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of Torreya (Taxaceae) inferred from sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA its region. Harvard Pap. Bot. 6:275-281.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=12203. Accessed 11 May 2026.