Taxus
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Taxus baccata
See also: taxus
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin taxus (“yew, yew-tree”).
Proper noun
Taxus f
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
