Taxaceae

Taxus baccata, type species.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Taxaceae
Genera: Amentotaxus – Austrotaxus – Pseudotaxus – Taxus – Torreya
Disputed genera: Cephalotaxus
Paleogenera: †Diploporus – †Mataoraphyllum – †Vesquia

Name

Taxaceae Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 222, 226 (1822), nom. cons. ['Taxideæ'].

• type genus: Taxus L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1040. (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Amentotaxaceae Kudô & Yamam. J. Soc. Trop. Agric. 3: 110. (1931)
  • Austrotaxaceae Nakai Tyosen Sanrin Kaiho 158: 14. (1938)
  • Torreyaceae Nakai Tyosen Sanrin Kaiho 158: 14,–23. (1938)

References

Primary references

• S.F.Gray 1822. A natural arrangement of British plants 2: 222, 226.

Additional references

• Anderson, E. & Owens, J. N. 2003. Analysing the reproductive biology of Taxus: should it be included in Coniferales? Acta Hort. 615: 233–234.
• Christenhusz, M.J.M., Reveal, J.L., Farjon, A., Gardner, M.F., Mill, R.R. & Chase, M.W. 2011. A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms. Phytotaxa 19: 55–70. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.3 PDF Reference page. 
• Price, R. A. 2003. Generic and familial relationships of the Taxaceae from rbcL and matK sequence comparisons. Acta Hort. 615: 235–237.
• Pole, M., & Moore, P. R. 2011. A late Miocene leaf assemblage from Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, and its climatic implications. Alcheringa 35 (1): 103–121. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2010.481829
• Yang, Y., Ferguson, D.K., Liu, B., Mao, K.-S., Gao, L.-M., Zhang, S.-Z., Wan, T., Rushforth, K.D. & Zhang, Z.-X. 2022. Recent advances on phylogenomics of gymnosperms and an updated classification. Plant Diversity 44(4): 340–350. DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2022.05.003 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Yang, Y., Yang, Z., Ferguson, D.K. & Shong, J.Y. 2023. An integrative view on the systematic position of the cupressophyte Cephalotaxus. Ecology and Evolution 13(7): p.e10273. DOI: /10.1002/ece3.10273 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Taxaceae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Feb. 2. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Taxaceae. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 feb. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Taxaceae. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 12 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Taxaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Feb. 2014.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Цісавыя
Deutsch: Eibengewächse
English: Yew
suomi: Marjakuusikasvit
日本語: イチイ科
македонски: Тиси
português: Taxácea
Türkçe: Porsukgiller
中文: 三尖杉科

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