Amentotaxus argotaenia

The status of the species is not good as the growth rate of the plant is slow and its regeneration is infrequent. Its seeds are poorly dispersed and predated by rats.

The declining of the population is also caused by forest clearing and habitat modification.

The tree's ability to regrow from a stump like other yews gives it an advantage against overcutting, and has likely already prevented its extirpation from Hong Kong; virtually all specimens surveyed showed evidence of having been felled in the past.

In Hong Kong, this species is under protection based on Forestry Regulations Cap. 96A. All the localities of the species occurrence are within Country Parks under protection.^[5] Tai Mo Shan Montane Scrub Forest in the upper Shing Mun Valley was assigned as a Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in 1975 as the forest supports this rare species and other species, Camellia granthamiana, Camellia waldenae, and many species of orchids.

In 2020, 40 saplings raised at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland as part of an International Conifer Conservation Programme, were sent to Hong Kong to be planted.^[7]

In mainland China, it is recorded in China Plant Red Data Book and Illustrations of rare and endangered plants in Guangdong Province.