TABLE 1.
Comparison of different taxonomic treatments of the genus Cephalotaxus.
| Farjon, 2010 | Fu et al., 1999 | Lang et al., 2013 | Zhang et al., 2019 | This paper |
| 8 species | 6 species in China | 7 species | 7 species | 9 species |
| C. fortunei | C. fortunei | |||
| C. fortunei var. fortunei | C. fortunei var. fortunei | C. fortunei | C. fortunei | C. fortunei |
| C. fortunei var. alpina | C. fortunei var. alpina | C. alpina | C. alpina | C. alpina |
| C. hainanensis | (C. mannii) | C. hainanensis | C. hainanensis | C. hainanensis |
| C. harringtonii | C. harringtonii | |||
| C. harringtonii var. harringtonii | C. harringtonii | C. harringtonii | C. harringtonii var. harringtonii | |
| C. harringtonii var. nana | C. nana | C. nana | C. harringtonii var. nana | |
| C. harringtonii var. wilsoniana | C. sinensis var. wilsoniana | (C. harringtonii) | (C. harringtonii) | C. harringtonii var. wilsoniana |
| C. lanceolata | C. lanceolata | (C. griffithii) | (C. griffithii) | C. lanceolata |
| (C. mannii) | (C. mannii) | C. griffithii | C. griffithii | (C. mannii) |
| C. latifolia | C. latifolia | (C. nana) | (C. nana) | (C. sinensis) |
| C. mannii | C. mannii | (C. harringtonii) | (C. hainanensis) | C. mannii |
| C. oliveri | C. oliveri | C. oliveri | C. oliveri | C. oliveri |
| C. sinensis | C. sinensis | (C. harringtonii) | (C. harringtonii) | C. sinensis |
| C. sp. nov. |
Species in bold are recognized in each taxonomic classification, the species in bracket indicates that correspond recognized species in other classifications merged into the species.