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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 cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All extant ...

trees and shrubs in the genus '' Taxus'': * European yew or common yew ('' Taxus baccata'') * 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 ''Taxus globosa'', the Mexican yew, is an evergreen shrub and one of the eight species of yew. The Mexican yew is a rare species, only known to be found in a small number of locations in eastern Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officia ...

'') * 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 and Cephalotaxaceae: * White-berry yew ('' Pseudotaxus chienii'') * New Caledonian yew or southern yew ('' Austrotaxus spicata'') * Catkin-yew ('' Amentotaxus 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 ''Prumnopitys'' is a genus of conifers belonging to the family Podocarpaceae. The nine recognized species of ''Prumnopitys'' are densely branched, dioecious evergreen trees up to 40 metres in height. Etymology The name ''Prumnopitys'' comes ...

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