Taxus

See also: taxus

Translingual

Taxus baccata

Etymology

From Latin taxus (“yew, yew-tree”).

Proper noun

Taxus f

A taxonomic genus within the family Taxaceae – coniferous shrubs and trees, including the yew.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; Pinopsida - class; Pinidae - subclass; Pinales - order; Taxaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Taxus baccata (English yew) - type species; Taxus brevifolia (Pacific yew), Taxus canadensis (Canada yew), Taxus cuspidata (Japanese yew), Taxus floridana (Florida yew), Taxus contorta (syn. Taxus fuana), Taxus globosa (Mexican yew), Taxus wallichiana (syn. Taxus sumatrana, Himalyan yew) - other species; Taxus × hunnewelliana, Taxus × media - nothospecies

Derived terms

References

Taxus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Taxus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Taxus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Taxus at USDA Plants database
Taxus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Taxus at the Catalogue of Life
Taxus at Encyclopedia of Life
Taxus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Taxus at The Plant List
Taxus at Tropicos
Taxus at Gymnosperms Database

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