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064.0000 Family Taxaceae Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 222, 226 (1822), nom. cons.
6 genera, ca. 30 spp. Cephalotaxaceae is sister to the rest and might be a separate family.
Species listed in database: 37; hybrids: 2
= Amentotaxeae W.C.Cheng & C.D.Chu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(4): 87 (1975)
= Amentotaxaceae Kudô & Yamam.; J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 3: 110 (1931)
= Austrotaxaceae Nakai; Tyosen Sanrin Kaiho 158: 14 (1938)
= Cephalotaxaceae Neger; Nadelhölzer 23, 30 (1907)
= Sciadopityoideae Pilger; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], 2. Aufl., 13: 165, 347 (1926)
= Taxoideae Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 371 (1826)
= Torreyaceae Nakai; Tyosen Sanrin Kaiho 158: 14, 23 (1938)
064.0005 Genus Taxus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1040 (1753)
Distribution: northern-temperate, south to Mexico and Indonesia. Systematics and species list taken from Gymnosperm Database (Earle, 2026)
Species listed in database: 13; hybrids: 1
= Verataxus J.Nelson; Pinaceae [Nelson] 168 (1866)
species :
Taxus baccata L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1040 (1753)
Name: European yew (EN), Gewöhnliche Eibe (DE)
Distribution: England (England, Wales, Scotland, Outer Hebrides, Orkney Isl., Isle of Man); Ireland (Ireland, Northern Ireland); Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany (Brandenburg, +Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg [I], Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein [I], Saarland [I], Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Andorra; Baleares; France; Monaco [c]; Channel Isl. [I] (Alderney [I], Jersey [I], Guernsey [I]); Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Malta; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (scattered in mainland, Evvoia); Estonia; Latvia; +Lithuania; European Russia (C-European Russia, W-European Russia); Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Azores (Pico, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.); Madeira (Madeira Isl.); Uzbekistan [I]; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus] (Abkhazia, Svaneti, Samegrelo, Imereti, Guria, Adzharia, Shiga Kartli, Kartli, Mtiuleti, Gare Kakheti, Kakheti, Meskheti); Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl.; Turkey (Anatolia except southeast); Myanmar (Chin, Shan); Laos; New Zealand [I]; USA [I] (District of Columbia [I], Massachusetts [I], New York [I], Pennsylvania [I], Washington State [I]); Bolivia [c]
10 DEN FIN GRB IRE NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LIE LUX NET POL SLO SWI 12 ADO BAL cis COR FRA mco POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MLT MNT NMA ROM SIC SLV SRB TUE 14 EST KRY LAT LIT RUS UKR 20 ALG MOR 21 AZO MDR 32 uzb 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 EAI TUR 41 LAO MYA 51 nzl 73 usa 75 usa 78 usa 83 bol
Synonyms: hidden
= Cephalotaxus brevifolia Beissn.; Handb. Nadelholzk. [Beissner] 174 (1891)
= Cephalotaxus tardiva Siebold ex Endl.; Syn. Conif. 239 (1847)
= Taxus adpressa unranked adpressa-stricta Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2.: 732 (1867)
= Taxus adpressa Carrière; Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 4: 93 (1855)
= Taxus aurea K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(2): 93 (1873)
= Taxus baccata unranked adpressa-pendula V.Gibbs; J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 51: 197 (1926)
= Taxus baccata unranked aurea (J.Nelson) Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2.: 734 (1867)
= Taxus baccata unranked dovastonii Lindl. & Gordon; J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 227 (1850)
= Taxus baccata unranked elvastonensis Barron ex Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 430 (1875)
= Taxus baccata unranked ericoides Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif.: 519 (1855)
= Taxus baccata unranked expansa Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2.: 738 (1867)
= Taxus baccata f. aurea (J.Nelson) Pilg.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.5, Heft 18 (Taxac.): 114 (1903)
= Taxus baccata f. dovastoniana (Leight.) Rehder; J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 67 (1945)
= Taxus baccata f. elegantissima (C.Lawson) Beissn.; Handb. Conif. [Beissner] 23 (1887)
= Taxus baccata f. erecta (Loudon) Pilg.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.5, Heft 18 (Taxac.): 115 (1903)
= Taxus baccata f. ericoides (Carrière) Pilg.; Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 25: 11 (1916 publ. 1917)
= Taxus baccata f. expansa (Carrière) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 2 (1949)
= Taxus baccata f. linearis (Carrière) Pilg.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.5, Heft 18 (Taxac.): 115 (1903)
= Taxus baccata f. lutea Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 2 (1949)
= Taxus baccata f. pendula (J.Nelson) Pilg.; Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 25: 11 (1916 publ. 1917)
= Taxus baccata f. pendula-graciosa (Overeynder) Beissn.; Handb. Nadelholzk. [Beissner] 172 (1891)
= Taxus baccata f. pyramidalis (C.Lawson) Beissn.; Handb. Conif. [Beissner] 22 (1887)
= Taxus baccata f. repandens (Parsons) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 3 (1949)
= Taxus baccata f. semperaurea (Dallim.) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 2 (1949)
= Taxus baccata f. stricta (C.Lawson) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 2 (1949)
= Taxus baccata f. variegata (Weston) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 1 (1949)
= Taxus baccata f. xanthocarpa Kuntze; Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 6 (1867)
= Taxus baccata unranked fastigiata (Paul) Jacob-Makoy; Nursery Cat. (L.Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 112: 12 (1868)
= Taxus baccata unranked gracilis-pendula Lauche; Deut. Dendrol.: 47 (1880)
= Taxus baccata unranked linearis Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2.: 738 (1867)
= Taxus baccata unranked pendula Rinz; Gartenflora 6: 334 (1857), nom. nud.
= Taxus baccata unranked pendula-densa J.Dix; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 569 (1861)
= Taxus baccata unranked pendula-graciosa Overeynder; Sieboldia 6: 274 (1880)
= Taxus baccata unranked pendula-variegata (J.Nelson) Simon-Louis ex Beissn.; Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 8: 85 (1898)
= Taxus baccata unranked repandens Parsons; Descr. Cat. Kissena Nurs.: 92 (1887)
= Taxus baccata unranked semperaurea Dallim., Holly Yew Box: 204 (1908)
= Taxus baccata unranked stricta C.Lawson; Agric. Man.: 398 (1836)
= Taxus baccata subf. aureovariegata Pilg.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.5, Heft 18 (Taxac.): 114 (1903)
= Taxus baccata subvar. stricta (C.Lawson) Jacob-Makoy; Nursery Cat. (L.Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 30 (1870)
= Taxus baccata var. adpressa-aurea A.Henry; Trees Great Britain [Elwes & Henry] 1: 115 (1906)
= Taxus baccata var. albovariegata Späth; Nursery Cat. (Späth) 57: 3 (1883)
= Taxus baccata var. cavendishii Hornibr.; Conif. Cult. Rep. (R.H.S.) 76 (1932)
= Taxus baccata var. cheshuntensis Paul; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 492 (1861)
= Taxus baccata var. dovastoniana Leight.; Fl. Shropshire [Leighton] 497 (1841)
= Taxus baccata var. dovastonii (Lindl. & Gordon) Paul; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 493 (1861), nom. superfl.
= Taxus baccata var. dovastonii-aurea Sénécl.; Conifer. Monogr. 187 (1868)
= Taxus baccata var. dovastonii-aureovariegata Beissn.; Handb. Nadelholzk. [Beissner] 172 (1891)
= Taxus baccata var. dovastonii-variegata Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 389 (1875)
= Taxus baccata var. elegantissima C.Lawson; List Pl. Fir Tribe [Lawson et al.] 82 (1851)
= Taxus baccata var. erecta Loudon; Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2068 (1838)
= Taxus baccata var. erecta-crowderi Blandy & Rosher; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 396 (1860)
= Taxus baccata var. ericoides (Carrière) Paul; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 493 (1861)
= Taxus baccata var. fastigiata Paul; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 492 (1861)
= Taxus baccata var. fastigiata-variegata Paul; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 494 (1861)
= Taxus baccata var. glauca Jacques ex Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif. 519 (1855)
= Taxus baccata var. jacksonii Paul; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 493 (1861)
= Taxus baccata var. lutea Endl.; Syn. Conif. 243 (1847)
= Taxus baccata var. macrocarpa Lavallée; Énum. Arbres 294 (1877)
= Taxus baccata var. nana Paul; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 493 (1861)
= Taxus baccata var. nidpathensis Paul; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 493 (1861)
= Taxus baccata var. nigra Paul; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 492 (1861)
= Taxus baccata var. pendula-overeynderi Fitschen; Handb. Nadelholzk. [Beissner], ed. 3: 41 (1930)
= Taxus baccata var. prostrata Bean; Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 581 (1916)
= Taxus baccata var. pyramidalis C.Lawson; List Pl. Fir Tribe [Lawson et al.] 83 (1851)
= Taxus baccata var. recurvata Paul; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 493 (1861)
= Taxus baccata var. stricta (C.Lawson) Paul; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 493 (1861)
= Taxus baccata var. variegata J.Forbes; Pinet. Woburn. 214 (1839), nom. illeg.
= Taxus baccata var. variegata Weston; Bot. Univ. 1: 292 (1770)
= Taxus baccifera Theophr. ex Bubani; Fl. Pyren. 1: 46 (1897)
= Taxus columnaris K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(2): 92 (1873)
= Taxus communis unranked aurea J.Nelson; Pinaceae [Nelson] 172 (1866)
= Taxus communis unranked fastigiata-variegata J.Nelson; Pinaceae [Nelson] 219 (1866)
= Taxus communis J.Nelson; Pinaceae [Nelson] 171 (1866), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Taxus communis unranked pendula J.Nelson; Pinaceae [Nelson] 172 (1866)
= Taxus communis unranked pendula-variegata J.Nelson; Pinaceae [Nelson] 173 (1866)
= Taxus davidiana Dallim.; Conif. Cult. Rep. (R.H.S.) 35 (1932), pro syn.
= Taxus disticha Wender. ex Henkel & W.Hochst.; Syn. Nadelhölz.: 354 (1865), nom. inval.
= Taxus dovastonii Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 518 (1855)
= Taxus elegantissima Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 518 (1855)
= Taxus elvastonensis Beissn.; Handb. Nadelholzk. [Beissner] 176 (1891)
= Taxus empetrifolia Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 390 (1875), pro syn.
= Taxus erecta Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 518 (1855)
= Taxus ericoides Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 519 (1855)
= Taxus expansa K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(2): 92 (1873)
= Taxus fastigiata Lindl. & Gordon; J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 227 (1850)
= Taxus foxii Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 519 (1855), pro syn.
= Taxus hibernica Hook. ex Jacques; Ann. Fl. Pomone 5: 231 (1837)
= Taxus horizontalis Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 518 (1855)
= Taxus imperialis Gordon & Glend.; Pinetum 312 (1858), nom. inval.
= Taxus jacksonii K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(2): 93 (1873)
= Taxus lugubris Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 396 (1796), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Taxus marginata Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 518 (1855)
= Taxus michelii Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 736 (1867)
= Taxus microphylla Gordon & Glend.; Pinetum 313 (1858)
= Taxus mitchellii Gordon & Glend.; Pinetum 313 (1858), nom. illeg.
= Taxus mitchellii Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif.: 520 (1855), nom. inval.
= Taxus monstrosa Gordon & Glend.; Pinetum 313 (1858), nom. inval.
= Taxus nana Parl.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(2,2): 501 (1868), pro syn.
= Taxus parvifolia Wender.; Pfl. Bot. Gärt. 1(Conif.): 42 (1851)
= Taxus pectinata Gilib.; Exerc. Phyt. 2: 417 (1792), opus utique oppr.
= Taxus pendula Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 518 (1855), pro syn.
= Taxus pyramidalis Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 519 (1855)
= Taxus recurvata C.Lawson; List Pl. Fir Tribe 10: 83 (1851)
= Taxus recurvata Laws. ex Gordon & Glend.; Pinetum 313 (1858)
= Taxus sparsifolia Loudon; Encycl. Trees Shrubs 940 (1842), nom. inval.
= Taxus tardiva (Siebold ex Endl.) C.Lawson; List Pl. Fir Tribe 10: 80 (1851)
= Taxus variegata Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 518 (1855)
= Taxus vellevette Jacques; Ann. Fl. Pomone, sér. 2,1: 77 (1842)
= Taxus virgata Wall. ex Gordon & Glend.; Pinetum: 317 (1858), nom. inval.
= Verataxus adpressa (Carrière) Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2.: 731 (1867)
species :
Taxus brevifolia Nutt.; N. Amer. Sylv. [Nuttall] 3: 86 (1849)
Name: Pacific yew (EN)
Distribution: Alaska; Canada (Alberta, British Columbia); USA (California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington State)
70 ASK 71 CDN 73 USA 76 USA
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Taxus baccata Hook.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Hooker] 2: 167 (1838) non L.
= Taxus baccata subsp. brevifolia (Nutt.) Pilg.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.5, Heft 18 (Taxac.): 113 (1903)
= Taxus baccata var. brevifolia (Nutt.) Koehne; Deut. Dendrol. 6 (1893)
= Taxus baccata var. canadensis Benth.; Pl. Hartw.: 338 (1857), nom. illeg.
= Taxus baccata var. canadensis Brunet; Cat. Veg. Lign. Canada 60 (1867), nom. illeg.
= Taxus bourcieri Carrière; Rev. Hort. (Paris), Sér. 4, 3: 228 (1854)
= Taxus brevifolia subsp. polychaeta (Spjut) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17(1): 22 (2010)
= Taxus brevifolia subsp. reptaneta (Spjut) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17(1): 22 (2010)
= Taxus brevifolia var. polychaeta Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 217 (2007)
= Taxus brevifolia var. reptaneta Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 219 (2007)
= Taxus lindleyana A.Murray bis; Edinburgh New Philos. J. 1: 294 (1855)
= Taxus occidentalis Nutt.; N. Amer. Sylv. [Nuttall] 3: t. 108 (1849)
species :
Taxus calcicola L.M.Gao & Mich.Möller; Taxon 62(6): 1174 (2013)
Distribution: China (Yunnan, Guizhou); N-Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
Remarks: wallichiana agg., probably only an infraspecific taxon of T. wallichiana
species :
Taxus canadensis Marshall; Arbust. Amer. 150 (1785)
Name: Canada yew
Distribution: European Russia [I]; Canada (Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Québec); St. Pierre et Miquelon; USA (Connecticut, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia)
14 rus 71 CDN 72 CDN SPM 74 USA 75 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Taxus baccata subsp. canadensis (Marshall) Pilg.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.5, Heft 18 (Taxac.): 113 (1903)
= Taxus baccata subsp. minor (Michx.) Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1243 (1895)
= Taxus baccata var. adpressa Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif.: 520 (1855)
= Taxus baccata var. canadensis (Marshall) A.Gray; Manual, ed. 2.: 425 (1856)
= Taxus baccata var. minor Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 2: 245 (1803)
= Taxus baccata var. procumbens Loudon; Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 940 (1842)
= Taxus canadensis f. stricta (L.H.Bailey) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 4 (1949)
= Taxus canadensis var. adpressa (Carrière) Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 274 (2007)
= Taxus canadensis var. minor (Michx.) Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 274 (2007)
= Taxus canadensis var. minor (Michx.) Spjut, J.Bot.Res.Inst.Texas 1: 274 (2007)
= Taxus canadensis var. pyramidalis Rinz; Gartenflora 6: 334 (1857)
= Taxus canadensis var. stricta L.H.Bailey; Cult. Conif. N. Amer. 26 (1933)
= Taxus canadensis unranked variegata Jacob-Makoy; Nursery Cat. (L.Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 112: 13 (1868)
= Taxus canadensis Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(2): 856 (1806), nom. illeg.
= Taxus minor (Michx.) Britton ex Small & Vail; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 4: 167 (1893), & 5: 19 (1893 publ. 1894)
= Taxus procumbens Lodd.; Cat. Pl. [Loddiges] 67 (1836)
= Taxus procumbens Lodd. ex Loudon; Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2067 (1838)
= Taxus washingtoni Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 394 (1862)
species :
Taxus chinensis (Pilg.) Rehder; J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 51 (1919)
Distribution: China (Anhui, Fujian, S-Gansu, N-Guangxi, Guizhou, W-Hubei, NE-Hunan, S-Shaanxi, Sichuan, E-Yunnan, Zhejiang); N-Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Taxus baccata var. chinensis Pilg.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.5, Heft 18 (Taxac.): 112 (1903)
= Taxus baccata var. sinensis A.Henry; Trees Great Britain [Elwes & Henry] 1: 100 (1906)
= Taxus chinensis f. baokangsis Y.J.Fei; Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 36: 1707 (2016)
= Taxus cuspidata var. chinensis (Pilg.) C.K.Schneid.; Uns. Freil.-Nadelhölzer [Silva-Tarouca] 276 (1913)
= Taxus sumatrana subsp. chinensis (Pilg.) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17(1): 23 (2010)
= Taxus wallichiana var. chinensis (Pilg.) Florin; Acta Horti Berg. 14(8): 355 (1948)
species :
Taxus contorta Griff.; Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 28 (1854) (as contortus)
Distribution: Afghanistan (Badakhshan); China (Yunnan); SE-Tibet; N-Pakistan; Nepal; Bhutan; NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim); NW-India (Jammu & Kashmir, etc.)
34 AFG 36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Taxus fuana Nan Li & R.R.Mill; Novon 7: 263 (1997)
= Taxus wallichiana subsp. contorta (Griff.) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17(1): 24 (2010)
species :
Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.; Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3) (Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. 2): 108 (1846) ex Endl.
Name: Japanese yew (EN); Japanische Eibe (DE)
Distribution: Germany [I]; European Russia [I]; Russian Far East (Kuril Isl., Primorye, Sakhalin, Kamchatka); China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Nei Mongol, Liaoning, Hebei, Shaanxi); North Korea; South Korea (incl. Cheju Isl.); Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu); Taiwan [I]; Laos [I]; USA [I] (Connecticut [I], Delaware [I], Kentucky [I], Massachusetts [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Pennsylvania [I])
11 ger 14 rus 31 RFE 36 CHI 38 JAP KOR NKO tai 41 lao 75 usa 78 usa
Synonyms: hidden
= Cephalotaxus umbraculifera Siebold ex Endl.; Syn. Conif. 239 (1847)
= Taxus baccata subsp. cuspidata (Siebold & Zucc.) Pilg.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.5, Heft 18 (Taxac.): 112 (1903)
= Taxus baccata var. cuspidata (Siebold & Zucc.) Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2.: 733 (1867)
= Taxus baccata var. latifolia Pilg.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.5, Heft 18 (Taxac.): 122 (1903)
= Taxus baccata var. microcarpa Trautv.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 259 (1859)
= Taxus biternata Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 266 (2007)
= Taxus caespitosa Nakai; Tyosen Sanrin Kaiho, No. 158 (Indig. Spec. Conif. & Taxads Korea & Manchur. 1.) 20 (1938)
= Taxus caespitosa var. latifolia (Pilg.) Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 269 (2007)
= Taxus cuspidata f. aurescens Rehder; J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 191 (1920)
= Taxus cuspidata f. densa Rehder ex E.H.Wilson; Conif. Tax. Japan: 13 (1916)
= Taxus cuspidata f. fructu-luteo Froebel ex Beissn.; Handb. Nadelholzk., ed. 2: 51 (1909)
= Taxus cuspidata f. luteobaccata (Miyabe & Tatew.) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 4 (1949)
= Taxus cuspidata f. minima Slavin; Rep. Conif. Conf. R.H.S.: 142 (1932)
= Taxus cuspidata f. thayerae (E.H.Wilson) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 3 (1949)
= Taxus cuspidata subsp. biternata (Spjut) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17(1): 22 (2010)
= Taxus cuspidata subsp. umbraculifera (Siebold ex Endl.) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17(1): 24 (2010), nom. inval.
= Taxus cuspidata unranked thayerae E.H.Wilson; Horticulture (Boston) 8: 424 (1930)
= Taxus cuspidata var. caespitosa (Nakai) Q.L.Wang; Clav. Pl. Chin. Bor.-Or., ed. 2 (ed. P. Y. Fu): 73 (1995)
= Taxus cuspidata var. densa (Rehder ex E.H.Wilson) Rehder; Cycl. Amer. Hort. 6: 3316 (1917)
= Taxus cuspidata var. latifolia (Pilg.) Nakai; Bull. Forest. Soc. Korea 158: 39 (1938)
= Taxus cuspidata var. luteobaccata Miyabe & Tatew.; Trans. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 377 (1934)
= Taxus cuspidata var. microcarpa (Trautv.) Kolesn.; Vĕstn. Dal´nevost. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 7: 43 (1935)
= Taxus cuspidata var. minima (Slavin) Hornibr.; Dwarf Conifers, ed. 2: 243 (1939)
= Taxus cuspidata var. umbraculifera (Siebold ex Endl.) Makino; Ill. Fl. Nippon: 910 (1862)
= Taxus umbraculifera (Siebold ex Endl.) C.Lawson; List Pl. Fir Tribe [Lawson et al.] 10: 80 (1851), Lists Seeds, Pl., etc. 282 (1851)
= Taxus umbraculifera var. microcarpa (Trautv.) Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 279 (2007)
variant :
var. nana Rehder; Cycl. Amer. Hort. [L.H.Bailey] 4 6: 1779 (1902)
Distribution: Russian Far East (Primorye, Sakhalin); North Korea; South Korea; Japan (Honshu)
31 RFE 38 JAP KOR NKO
Synonyms: hidden
= Taxus caespitosa var. angustifolia Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 268 (2007)
= Taxus cuspidata f. nana (Rehder) E.H.Wilson; Publ. Arnold Arbor. 8: 13 (1916)
= Taxus cuspidata subsp. nana (Rehder) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17(1): 22 (2010)
= Taxus cuspidata var. compacta Bean; Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 582 (1914)
= Taxus umbraculifera var. nana (Rehder) Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 281 (2007)
species :
Taxus floridana Nutt. ex Chapm.; Fl. S. United States 436 (1860)
Name: Florida yew
Distribution: USA (W-Florida: Apalachicola River in Gadsden and Liberty Co.); Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Taxus baccata subsp. floridana (Nutt. ex Chapm.) Pilg.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.5, Heft 18 (Taxac.): 113 (1903)
= Taxus baccata var. floridana (Nutt. ex Chapm.) Elwes; Trees Great Britain [Elwes & Henry] 1: 100 (1906)
= Taxus canadensis subsp. floridana (Nutt. ex Chapm.) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17(1): 22 (2010)
= Taxus canadensis var. floridana (Nutt. ex Chapm.) Silba; Phytologia Mem. 7: 72 (1984)
= Taxus floridana Nutt.; N. Amer. Sylv. [Nuttall] 3: 92 (1849), in obs.
= Taxus globosa var. floridana (Nutt. ex Chapm.) Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 224 (2007)
species :
Taxus florinii Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 222 (2007)
Distribution: China (Sichuan, Yunnan)
36 CHI
Remarks: wallichiana agg., probably only an infraspecific taxon of T. wallichiana fide molecular analyses of Möller et al. 2013
species :
Taxus globosa Schltdl.; Linnaea 12: 496 (1838)
Name: Mexican yew (EN)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Coahuila, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras
79 MEX 80 ELS GUA HON
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Taxus baccata subsp. globosa (Schltdl.) Pilg.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.5, Heft 18 (Taxac.): 114 (1903)
= Taxus baccata var. globosa (Schltdl.) Elwes; Trees Great Britain [Elwes & Henry] 1: 101 (1906)
species :
Taxus mairei (Lemée & H.Lév.) S.Y.Hu; Native & Introd. Lign. Pl. Taiwan 1: 16 (1960)
Distribution: China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, S-Shaanxi, Sichuan, E-Yunnan, Zhejiang); Taiwan; N-India; Myanmar; Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 IND 41 LAO MYA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Taxus chinensis var. mairei (Lemée & H.Lév.) W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu; Fl. Hupeh. 1: 28 (1976), et in Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 7: 443 (1978)
= Taxus kingstonii Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 240 (2007)
= Taxus mairei var. speciosa (Florin) Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 246 (2007)
= Taxus speciosa Florin; Acta Horti Berg. 14: 382 (1948)
= Taxus sumatrana subsp. mairei (Lemée & H.Lév.) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17(1): 23 (2010)
= Taxus wallichiana var. mairei (Lemée & H.Lév.) L.K.Fu & Nan Li; Novon 7: 263 (1997)
= Tsuga mairei Lemée & H.Lév.; Monde Pl. 16: 20 (1914)
species :
Taxus qinlingensis Y.F.Wen & X.T.Wu; BMC Pl. Biol. 24-658: 12 (2024)
Distribution: China (Shanxi, Gansu, Henan)
36 CHI
species :
Taxus wallichiana Zucc.; Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 3: 803, t. 5 (1843)
Distribution: Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman); China (SW-Sichuan, W-Yunnan); SE-Tibet; Pakistan; Nepal; Bhutan; N-India (Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Assam, etc.); Myanmar (Kachin); Thailand; Laos; S-Vietnam; Sumatra; Sulawesi; Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao)
34 AFG 36 CHI TIB 40 BHU IND NEP PAK 41 LAO MYA THA VIE 42 PHI SUL SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Cephalotaxus celebica Warb.; Monsunia 1: 194 (1900)
= Cephalotaxus mannii E.Pritz.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 214 (1900), nom. illeg.
= Cephalotaxus sumatrana Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 1076 (1858)
= Podocarpus celebicus Hemsl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1896: 39 (1896)
= Taxus baccata subsp. wallichiana (Zucc.) Pilg.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.5, Heft 18 (Taxac.): 112 (1903)
= Taxus celebica (Warb.) H.L.Li; Woody Fl. Taiwan 34 (1963)
= Taxus chinensis var. yunnanensis (W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu) L.K.Fu; Vasc. Pl. Hengduan Mount. 1: 214 (1993)
= Taxus contorta var. mucronata Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 260 (2007)
= Taxus nucifera Wall.; Tent. Fl. Napal.: 57 (1826), nom. illeg., non L.
= Taxus obscura Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 235 (2007)
= Taxus orientalis Bertol.; Misc. Bot. 24: 17 (1863)
= Taxus phytonii Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 237 (2007)
= Taxus suffnesii Spjut; J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1(1): 226 (2007)
= Taxus sumatrana (Miq.) de Laub.; Kalikasan 7(2): 151 (1978)
= Taxus sumatrana subsp. celebica (Warb.) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17(1): 23 (2010)
= Taxus sumatrana subsp. obscura (Spjut) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17(1): 23 (2010)
= Taxus sumatrana subsp. rehderiana Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17: 24 (2010), nom. inval.
= Taxus wallichiana subsp. yunnanensis (W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17(1): 24 (2010)
= Taxus wallichiana var. yunnanensis (W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu) C.T.Kuan; Fl. Sichuan. 2: 215 (1983)
= Taxus yunnanensis W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(4): 86 (1975)
species :
Taxus ×media Rehder; Horticulture (Boston) 3: 30 (1906)
Name: Mittlere Eibe (DE)
Distribution: Germany [I]; etc.
11 ger
Remarks: Taxus baccata x cuspidata. Widely planted, escaped and even replacing T. baccata in many areas
Synonyms: hidden
= Taxus media f. hatfieldii Rehder; J. Arnold Arbor. 4: 108 (1923)
= Taxus media f. hicksii Rehder; J. Arnold Arbor. 4: 108(-109) (1923)
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