Scientific or common name:

Taxus brevifolia Nutt.

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TAXACEAE - Yew family (Gymnosperms - Conifers)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
Nomencl. ref.: N. Amer. Sylv. iii. 86.
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Pacific yew
English name: Pacific yew
English name: western yew

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Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
 

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TAXONOMY

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

1) Taxus baccata L. 2) Taxus baccata L. var. aurea Carriere 3) Taxus baccata L. var. fastigiata (Lindl.) Loudon 4) Taxus baccata L. var. fastigiata-aurea Seneclauze 5) Taxus baccata L. var. washingtonii (R. Sm.) Beissn. 6) Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 7) Taxus canadensis Marsh. 8) Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc. 9) Taxus floridana Nutt. ex Chapm. 10) Taxus x media Rehder

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Page counter: 1656 ( AVG: 223.29 / 292.715 )

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA), CAN (AB, BC)


Map for Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
(*) 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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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Pinopsida

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Families
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1) Araucariaceae (Araucaria family) 2) Cephalotaxaceae (Plum Yew family) 3) Cupressaceae (Cypress family) 4) Pinaceae (Pine family) 5) Podocarpaceae (Podocarpus family) 6) Taxaceae (Yew family)

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Genera (Taxaceae)
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1) Taxus (yew) 2) Torreya 3) Tumion (torreya)

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Common names (Taxus)
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1) (no name) 2) Canada yew (Taxus canadensis) 3) English yew (Taxus baccata) 4) Florida yew (Taxus floridana) 5) Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata) 6) Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia)

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More species:
1) Taxus canadensis Marsh. [448]
2) Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc. [1001]
3) Taxus floridana Nutt. ex Chapm. [332]
4) Tayloria serrata (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp. [430]
5) Tayloria serrata (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp. var. tenuis (With.) Bruch & Schimp. [131]
6) Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl. [1600]
7) Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth [1352]
8) Tectaria martinicensis (Spreng.) Copeland [135]
9) Telesonix jamesii (Torr.) Raf. var. heucheriformis (Rydb.) Bacig. [168]
10) Teloschistes parietinus (L.) Norman [148]

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