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  2. Taxus brevifolia - Wikipedia

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    Taxus brevifolia, the Pacific yew or western yew, is a species of tree in the yew family Taxaceae native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. It is a small evergreen conifer , thriving in moisture and otherwise tending to take the form of a shrub .

  3. Taxus - Wikipedia

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    The Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia), native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, and the Canada yew (Taxus canadensis) of Eastern and Central North America were the initial sources of paclitaxel or Taxol, a chemotherapeutic drug used in breast and lung cancer treatment and, more recently, in the production of the Taxus drug eluting stent ...

  4. List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family - Wikipedia

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    Taxaceae (yew family) Taxus brevifolia: Pacific yew Taxaceae (yew family) 231 Taxus canadensis: Canada yew; American yew Taxaceae (yew family) Taxus chinensis: Chinese yew Taxaceae (yew family) Taxus cuspidata: Japanese yew Taxaceae (yew family) Taxus floridana: Florida yew Taxaceae (yew family) Taxus globosa: Mexican yew Taxaceae (yew family ...

  5. A 410-year-old Pacific yew tree, possibly oldest of its kind ...

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    A Pacific yew tree, known as a strong conifer whose bark has been used to treat cancer, fell in December after 410 years in Washington state. A Pacific yew tree, known as a strong conifer whose ...

  6. Taxaceae - Wikipedia

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    Taxus calcicola Asian limestone yew; Taxus canadensis Canada yew; Taxus celebica Celebes yew; Taxus chinensis China yew; Taxus contorta West Himalayan yew; Taxus cuspidata Rigid branch yew, Japanese yew; Taxus fastigiata Irish yew; Taxus floridana Florida yew; Taxus florinii Florin yew; Taxus globosa Mesoamerican yew; Taxus kingstonii Kingston ...

  7. List of inventoried conifers in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Taxus brevifolia (western yew) A shade-tolerant tree of the Yew family. When competing with taller and faster-growing trees, it becomes part of the undergrowth. The seed cones have red arils. Uses: landscaping, posts. [64] [65] AB BC

  8. Paclitaxel - Wikipedia

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    A number of years later it was isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, hence its name "taxol". [15] The discovery was made by Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani at the Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, in 1971. [53]

  9. Yew - Wikipedia

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    Yew is a common name given to various species of trees. It is most prominently given to any of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Taxus: European yew or common yew (Taxus baccata) Pacific yew or western yew (Taxus brevifolia) Canadian yew (Taxus canadensis) Chinese yew (Taxus chinensis) Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)

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