https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Yew Yew - Revision history 2026-10-22T20:27:00Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yew&diff=414451&oldid=prev Ajay Kumar: Created a new article 2023-08-18T06:42:46Z <p>Created a new article</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Common name for several species of tree}}<br /> {{other uses}}<br /> [[File:Taxaceae taxonomic diagram 2.png|thumb|380px|right|Phylogeny of the Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae]]<br /> [[Image:Taxus globosa foliage.jpg|right|thumb|Foliage of [[Taxus globosa|Mexican yew]]]]<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Yew&#039;&#039;&#039; is a common name given to various species of trees.<br /> <br /> It is most prominently given to any of various [[coniferous]] trees and shrubs in the genus &#039;&#039;[[Taxus]]&#039;&#039;:<br /> * European yew or common yew (&#039;&#039;[[Taxus baccata]]&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Pacific yew or western yew (&#039;&#039;[[Taxus brevifolia]]&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Canadian yew (&#039;&#039;[[Taxus canadensis]]&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Chinese yew (&#039;&#039;[[Taxus chinensis]]&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Japanese yew (&#039;&#039;[[Taxus cuspidata]]&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Florida yew (&#039;&#039;[[Taxus floridana]]&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Mexican yew (&#039;&#039;[[Taxus globosa]]&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Sumatran yew (&#039;&#039;[[Taxus sumatrana]]&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Himalayan yew (&#039;&#039;[[Taxus wallichiana]]&#039;&#039;)<br /> * {{extinct}}&#039;&#039;[[Taxus masonii]]&#039;&#039; (Eocene fossil yew)<br /> <br /> It is also used for any of various coniferous plants in the families [[Taxaceae]] and [[Cephalotaxaceae]]:<br /> * White-berry yew (&#039;&#039;[[Pseudotaxus]] chienii&#039;&#039;)<br /> * New Caledonian yew or southern yew (&#039;&#039;[[Austrotaxus]] spicata&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Catkin-yew (&#039;&#039;[[Amentotaxus]] sp.&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Plum-yew (&#039;&#039;[[Cephalotaxus]] sp.&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> Various coniferous plants in the family [[Podocarpaceae]], superficially similar to other yews, are also known by this name:<br /> * Prince Albert&#039;s yew (&#039;&#039;[[Saxegothaea]] conspicua&#039;&#039;)<br /> * Plum-yew (&#039;&#039;[[Prumnopitys]] sp.&#039;&#039;)<br /> <br /> {{Plant common name}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Shrubs]]</div> Ajay Kumar