yews
Taxus
Taxus is a genus of small coniferous trees or shrubs in the yew family Taxaceae. They are relatively slow-growing and can be very long-lived, and reach heights of 2.5–20 metres (8.2–65.6 ft), with trunk girth averaging 5 metres (16 ft). They have reddish bark, lanceolate, flat, dark-green leaves 10–40 millimetres (1⁄2–1 1⁄2 in) long and 2–3 mm (3⁄32–1⁄8 inch) broad, arranged spirally on the stem, but with the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side...
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
common yew
speciesTaxus baccata
Pacific yew
speciesTaxus brevifolia
Canada yew
speciesTaxus canadensis
Japanese yew
speciesTaxus cuspidata
Wellesley yew
hybridTaxus × media
Maire's yew
speciesTaxus mairei
Florida yew
speciesTaxus floridana
Chinese yew
speciesTaxus chinensis
Mexican yew
speciesTaxus globosa
Himalayan Yew
speciesTaxus wallichiana
West Himalayan Yew
speciesTaxus contorta
Asian Limestone Yew
speciesTaxus calcicola
Florin yew
speciesTaxus florinii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.541
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.299
Introductory Book
Michael Scot · 1350 · p.166
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.297
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.300
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.299
Garden of Health
1507 · p.483
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.701
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.646
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1271
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.793
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.868
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47555.