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Taxaceae
Sign in to saveTaxaceae (), commonly called the yew family, is a coniferous family which includes six extant and two extinct genera, and about 30 species of plants, or in older interpretations three genera and 7 to 12 species.
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Taxaceae is a family of plants within the kingdom Plantae, phylum Tracheophyta, and class Pinopsida. It has been classified under the orders Pinales, Cupressales, and Taxales. The family’s taxonomic type is Taxus, and it has the synonym Cephalotaxaceae. Common names for the group include Taxusfamilie, 红豆杉科, cisowate, and tisovke.
The family is accepted in taxonomic records, with the authority cited as Gray. Occurrence data indicates 327,517 recorded instances. Specific records from iDigBio include 74 entries and 25 media files, associated with institutions such as BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CAS, US, WIS, and MOR. These records are located in the United States and Bolivia.
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Species
Taxaceae
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPinopsida
- OrderPinales
- FamilyTaxaceae
Genera 穗花杉屬 Amentotaxus Austrotaxus 三尖杉屬 Cephalotaxus † Diploporus 白豆杉屬 Pseudotaxus † Sommerxylon 紅豆杉屬 Taxus 榧樹屬 Torreya 紅豆杉科是松柏目下的一個科，其中包括7個屬，約30種植物。 紅豆杉科物種多是分枝的小喬木和灌木。是常綠樹種，葉螺旋狀排列，呈線形至披針形，底面有淡綠色或白色的氣孔帶。雌雄異株，很少雌雄同株。種子堅果狀，包於肉質假種皮內。成熟的假種皮顏色鮮豔，柔軟，多汁，甜，吸引鳥進食，然後透過糞便把種子傳播到其他地方。然而，種子對人體有毒，含劇毒物質紫杉鹼和紫杉醇。[3] 分佈 除澳大利亚的Austrotaxus一屬一種產於南半球外，其他分別分佈在北半球的溫帶至亞熱帶地區。 參考文獻 ^ Manchester, S.R. Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon. Palaeontographica Americana. 1994, 58: 30-31. ^ Christenhusz, J. M. M.; Reveal, J. L.; Martin, F. G.; Robert, R. M.; Chase, W. M. Linear sequence, classification, synonymy, and bibliography of vascular plants: Lycophytes, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms (PDF). Phytotaxa. 2011, 19: 1–134. ^ Yew Poisoning: MedLine Plus Medical Encyclopedia
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 74
- With media
- 25
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Collections
- BOSTON UNIVERSITY, CAS, US, WIS, MOR, CHAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Bolivia
Research
1,318 papers- Characterization and heterologous reconstitution of Taxus biosynthetic enzymes leading to baccatin III.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Jiang B, Gao L, Wang H et al.DOI: 10.1126/science.adj3484
- A Compressive Review about Taxol(®): History and Future Challenges.ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Gallego-Jara J, Lozano-Terol G, Sola-Martínez RA et al.DOI: 10.3390/molecules25245986
- Study of the genus Torreya (Taxaceae) based on chloroplast genomes.Frontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition) · 2022Miao ZP, Niu XN, Wang RB et al.DOI: 10.31083/j.fbl2701009
- Peripatric speciation within Torreya fargesii (Taxaceae) in the Hengduan Mountains inferred from multi-loci phylogeography.BMC ecology and evolution · 2023Kou Y, Fan D, Cheng S et al.DOI: 10.1186/s12862-023-02183-1
- Discovery of FoTO1 and Taxol genes enables biosynthesis of baccatin III.Nature · 2025McClune CJ, Liu JC, Wick C et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09090-z
- Leaf anatomy and its implications for phylogenetic relationships in Taxaceae s. l.Journal of plant research · 2014Ghimire B, Lee C, Heo KDOI: 10.1007/s10265-014-0625-3
- Post-genomic illumination of paclitaxel biosynthesis.ReviewNature plants · 2024Fernie AR, Liu F, Zhang YDOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01869-8
- Origin of the Taxaceae aril: evolutionary implications of seed-cone teratologies in Pseudotaxus chienii.Annals of botany · 2019Dörken VM, Nimsch H, Rudall PJDOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy150
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Wikidata facts
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- Taxaceae
- taxon name
- Taxaceae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Taxaceae
- taxon synonym
- Cephalotaxaceae
- taxon common name
- tisovke
- taxonomic type
- Taxus
- Digital Atlas of Idaho URL
- digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/bio/plants/coniphyt/pinopsd/taxa/taxa.htm
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Description
- Distribution
- Classification
- Phylogeny
- Extinct genera
- Footnotes
Taxaceae (), commonly called the yew family, is a coniferous family which includes six extant and two extinct genera, and about 30 species of plants, or in older interpretations three genera and 7 to 12 species.
== Description == They are many-branched, small trees and shrubs. The leaves are evergreen, spirally arranged, often twisted at the base to appear 2-ranked. They are linear to lanceolate, and have pale green or white stomatal bands on the undersides.
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