Yew

Yew is a common name given to various species of trees. It is most prominently given to any of various

coniferous Conifers () are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a sin ...

trees and shrubs in the genus '' Taxus'': * European yew or common yew (''

Taxus baccata ''Taxus baccata'' is a species of evergreen tree in the family (botany), family Taxaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe and Southern Europe, as well as Northwest Africa, and parts of Southwest Asia.Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Bri ...

'') * Pacific yew or western yew ('' Taxus brevifolia'') * Canadian yew ('' Taxus canadensis'') * Chinese yew ('' Taxus chinensis'') * Japanese yew ('' Taxus cuspidata'') * Florida yew ('' Taxus floridana'') * Mexican yew ('' Taxus globosa'') * Sumatran yew ('' Taxus sumatrana'') * Himalayan yew ('' Taxus wallichiana'') * '' Taxus masonii'' (Eocene fossil yew) It is also used for any of various coniferous plants in the families

Taxaceae Taxaceae (), commonly called the yew family, is a coniferous family (biology), family which includes six Extant taxon, extant and two extinct genera, and about 30 species of plants, or in older interpretations three genera and 7 to 12 species. ...

and Cephalotaxaceae: * White-berry yew ('' Pseudotaxus chienii'') * New Caledonian yew or southern yew ('' Austrotaxus spicata'') * Catkin-yew (''

Amentotaxus ''Amentotaxus'' is a genus of Pinophyta, conifers (catkin-yews) comprising five species, treated in either the Cephalotaxaceae, or in the Taxaceae when that family is considered in a broad sense. The genus is endemic (ecology), endemic to subtr ...

sp.'') * Plum-yew ('' Cephalotaxus sp.'') Various coniferous plants in the family Podocarpaceae, superficially similar to other yews, are also known by this name: * Prince Albert's yew ('' Saxegothaea conspicua'') * Plum-yew ('' Prumnopitys sp.'') {{Plant common name Shrubs