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Taxonomy
Taxus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Taxaceae by Gray (1822), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991) and Liu et al. (1996).
It was assigned to Taxaceae by Gray (1822), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991) and Liu et al. (1996).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1753 | Taxus Linnaeus p. 1040 |
| 1822 | Taxus Gray p. 226 |
| 1976 | Taxus Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Taxus Chauhan |
| 1996 | Taxus Liu et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Taxus Linnaeus 1753 [yew]
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Taxus baccata Linnaeus 1753
†Taxus qinghaiensis Guo 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Holocene or 174.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 166.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 166.1 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Jurassic | Uzbekistan | Taxus sp. 1 (30966) | |
| Aalenian - Bathonian | Uzbekistan | Taxus sp. 1 (30967) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Oregon) | Taxus masonii (21220) | |
| Rupelian | Czech Republic | Taxus engelhardtii (31643) | |
| Miocene | China (Qinghai) | Taxus qinghaiensis (223892) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Taxus grandis (23045) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | France (Elsass) | Taxus baccata (21222) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Umbria) | Taxus baccata (51756) | |
| Quaternary | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Taxus baccata (228760 228761) | |
| Quaternary | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Taxus sp. (228778) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Taxus sp. (228773) |