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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Taxus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Taxus

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Pinophyta Cronquist syn. Coniferophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: conifers, gymnosperms       Subdivisio  Pinophytina Cronquist pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.       Classis  Pinopsida Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 483, 1090. Jun 1835. common name: Conifers       Subclassis  Taxidae Ehrend. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 71. 29 Apr 1996.       Ordo  Taxales Knobl. in Warm. pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. (ed. Knoblauch): 179. Apr 1890.       Subordo  Taxineae Luerss. pub. Handb. Syst. Bot. 2: 88. Aug 1879.       Familia  Taxaceae Gray pub. Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 222, 226. 1 Nov 1821. common name: Yews       Subfamilia  Taxoideae Rich. ex Sweet pub. Hort. Brit.: 371. Sep-Oct 1826.       Tribus  Taxeae Rich. ex Duby pub. Bot. Gall. 1: 431. 12-14 Apr 1828.       Subtribus  Taxinae Masters pub. J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 30: 6. 28 Aug 1893.       Genus  Taxus L. pub. (1753) common name: yew

Named members of the Genus Taxus

1	Species  baccata L. common name: English yew
2	Species  brevifolia Nutt. common name: Pacific yew
3	Species  canadensis Marsh. common name: Canada yew
4	Species  cuspidata Sieb. & Zucc. common name: Japanese yew
5	Species  floridana Nutt. ex Chapman common name: Florida yew
6	Species  x media Rehder common name: yew

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.