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Taxaceae (/ t æ k ˈ s eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /), commonly called the yew family, is a coniferous family which includes six extant and two extinct genera, and about 30 species of plants, or in older interpretations three genera and 7 to 12 species.
Taxus is a genus of coniferous trees or shrubs known as yews in the family Taxaceae. [1] Yews occur around the globe in temperate zones of the northern hemisphere, northernmost in Norway and southernmost in the South Celebes. Some populations exist in tropical highlands. [2] The oldest known fossil species are from the Early Cretaceous. [3]
Taxus baccata is a species of evergreen tree in the family Taxaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe and Southern Europe, as well as Northwest Africa, northern Iran, and Southwest Asia. [4] It is the tree originally known as yew , though with other related trees becoming known, it may be referred to as common yew , [ 5 ] European 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) Taxus × media: hybrid yew Taxaceae (yew family) Taxus sumatrana: Sumatran yew Taxaceae (yew family) Taxus wallichiana ...
Genera and species in the conifer family Taxaceae and the closely related family Cephalotaxaceae. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Taxaceae: Taxus: L Latin plant name: Pinales: CS [397] Tecophilaeaceae: Tecophilaea: P Tecophila Billotti (1802 or 1803 – 1885 or 1886), Italian botanical artist: Asparagales [398] Tetracarpaeaceae: Tetracarpaea: G four-fruited: Saxifragales [399] Tetrachondraceae: Tetrachondra: G four-cartilaged: Lamiales: Qu [400] Tetramelaceae: Tetrameles ...
Taxaceae (yew family) Taxus, from a Latin plant name [53] [54] [55] 5 genera, [56] scattered mainly in the Northern Hemisphere [16] Evergreen shrubs and trees with poisonous berry-like cones [9] Cupressales
Taxine alkaloids, which are often named under the collective title of taxines, are the toxic chemicals that can be isolated from the yew tree. [2] [3] The amount of taxine alkaloids depends on the species of yew, with Taxus baccata and Taxus cuspidata containing the most. [4]