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Taxus

Taxus

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Coniferophyta[?]
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Taxales
Family:	Taxaceae
Genus:	Taxus

Species

T. baccata[?] (European yew)
T. brevifolia[?] (Pacific yew)
T. canadensis[?]
T. cuspidata[?] (Japanese yew)
T. floridana[?] (Florida yew)
T. globosa[?] (Mexican)
T. mairei[?]
T. sumatrana[?]
T. wallichiana[?] (Himalayan yew)

Taxus L. is the yew genus of plants, the only member of the yew family, Taxaceae.

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