Although the genus is also represented in north America, this species is confined to southwest China lidocaine, Hainan Taiwan and Burma, ln Thailand it is known to occur in Phuluang only, but further stands on neighboring mountains may remain undiscovered in the dense and remote lower montane rain forest or they may have been destroyed by humans. The tiny leaves look like those of a cypress tree( yuck, 1994; Werner and santisuk, 1993 )