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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: Zipcode Zoo - Torreya.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Nov 30, 2017
	Add new Web site: The Gymnosperm Database - Torreya.	Swati Chopra	Jun 06, 2011
	Add new Web site: Zipcode Zoo - Torreya.	Swati Chopra	Jun 06, 2011
	Media added.	William L. Hosch	Sep 03, 2008
	Article revised and updated.	William L. Hosch	Sep 03, 2008
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Jul 14, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998