Taxus brevifolia

Taxus brevifolia, Oregon State University McDonald-Dunn Research Forest, Corvallis, Oregon

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Taxaceae
Genus: Taxus
Species: Taxus brevifolia

Name

Taxus brevifolia Nutt., N. Amer. Sylv. 3: 86 (1849).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Taxus baccata subsp. brevifolia (Nutt.) Pilger, Planzenreich 4(5): 113. 1903.
  • Taxus baccata var. brevifolia (Nutt.) Koehne, Deutsche Dendrol. 6. 1893.
• Heterotypic
  • Taxus brevifolia var. polychaeta Spjut, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1 (1): 217. 2007.
  • Taxus brevifolia var. reptaneta Spjut, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1 (1): 219. 2007.

References

• N. Amer. Sylv. 3: 86. 1849.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Taxus brevifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
• USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Pazifische Eibe
English: Pacific Yew
suomi: Lännenmarjakuusi
Nederlands: West-amerikaanse taxus
norsk: Stillehavsbarlind

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