Taxus baccata L.

TAXACEAE

- Yew family (Gymnosperms - Conifers)

Taxon Page:

Name: Taxus baccata L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 1040 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: English yew

English name: English yew

English name: European yew

Italian name: Tasso

German name: Eibe

Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Taxus baccata L. var. aurea Carriere
= Taxus baccata L. var. fastigiata (Lindl.) Loudon
= Taxus baccata L. var. fastigiata-aurea Seneclauze
= Taxus baccata L. var. washingtonii (R. Sm.) Beissn.

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Taxus baccata L. var. aurea Carriere
2) Taxus baccata L. var. fastigiata (Lindl.) Loudon
3) Taxus baccata L. var. fastigiata-aurea Seneclauze
4) Taxus baccata L. var. washingtonii (R. Sm.) Beissn.

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Coniferophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Taxales
Family: Taxaceae
Genus: Taxus
Species:

Page counter: 2668 ( AVG: 221.15 / 219.876 )

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Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, Monte Valerio. , TS, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Picture modified from Richard Wettstein - Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled 'GNU Free Documentation License'.

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Taxus baccata
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, Campus Universitario, TS, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Picture modified from Graebner, Paul - Taschenbuch zum Pflanzenbestimmen (1918) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.

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Credit: Photo by Aldo De Bastiani

Taxus baccata
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, parco urbano., TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

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Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Taxus baccata L. var. aurea Carriere [178]
2) Taxus baccata L. var. fastigiata (Lindl.) Loudon [202]
3) Taxus brevifolia Nutt. [1651]
4) Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc. [990]
5) Taxus x media Rehder [239]
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7) Tecoma radicans (L.) Juss. [298]
8) Tectaria coriandrifolia (Sw.) Underw. [250]
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10) Telosma cordata (Burm. f.) Merr. [1591]

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