New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Taxus

Taxus baccata
Taxus baccata   L.  -  English Yew
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Nomenclature

Taxus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1040. 1753. Gen. Pl. 462. 1754. LECTOTYPE: Taxus baccata L. designated by Britton & Brown (1913).

Key to the species of Taxus

 

List of Taxus Species

Taxus canadensis Taxus spp.

References to Taxus

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  • Sterling, C. 1949. Embryonic differentiation in Taxus cuspidata. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 76: 116-33.
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