Taxus baccata L.

English: English yew

German: Gemeine Eibe

Portuguese: Teixo

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Pinophyta (22)

    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

Check for Taxus baccata at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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

• [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.
• [21] Schütt,P. et al. (2004): Lexikon der Nadelbäume. Nikol, Hamburg, Germany.