Taxus

See also: taxus

Translingual

Taxus baccata

Etymology

From Latin taxus (“yew, yew-tree”).

Proper noun

Taxus f

1. 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

• Amentotaxus
• Austrotaxus
• Cephalotaxus
• Pseudotaxus

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 National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Taxus at The Plant List
• Taxus at Tropicos
• Taxus at Gymnosperms Database