Biology:Yew
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Short description: Common name for several species of tree
Foliage of Mexican yew
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)
- Florida yew (Taxus floridana)
- Mexican yew (Taxus globosa)
- Sumatran yew (Taxus sumatrana)
- Himalayan yew (Taxus wallichiana)
- †Taxus masonii (Eocene fossil yew)
It is also used for any of various coniferous plants in the families Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae:
- White-berry yew (Pseudotaxus chienii)
- New Caledonian yew or southern yew (Austrotaxus spicata)
- Catkin-yew (Amentotaxus sp.)
- Plum-yew (Cephalotaxus sp.)
Various coniferous plants in the family Podocarpaceae, superficially similar to other yews, are also known by this name:
- Prince Albert's yew (Saxegothaea conspicua)
- Plum-yew (Prumnopitys sp.)
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