Taxus baccata L.

English: English yew

German: Gemeine Eibe

Portuguese: Teixo

Kingdom: Plantae (2616)

  Phylum: Pinophyta (34)

    Class: Pinopsida (36)

      Order: Taxales (1)

        Family: Taxaceae (1)

          Genus: Taxus (1)

            Epithet: baccata L. (2)

Synonym: Cephalotaxus adpressa Beissn.

adpressa => lying flat, closely flattened down

baccata => of the form of a berry

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: yellow, beige

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [100] Id, Idgran, Taxus baccata L. - Project Runeberg
• [711] Taxus baccata - Plants For A Future database