Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Taxus L., Sp. Pl. 1040 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Yew
Description
Trees or large shrubs with scaly bark. Lvs linear, those on the spreading branches (excluding erect vegetative and juvenile shoots) arranged in 2 ranks with upper surfaces ± in 1 plane. Winter buds with imbricate scales. ♂ fls solitary in axils of the preceeding year's lvs, subglobose, each consisting of 6–10–(14), peltate or shield-shaped anthers; anthers with 4–9 pollen sacs (anther cells). ♀ fls axillary, usually solitary, rarely paired, with several imbricate scales; ovuliferous scale terminal, bearing 1 erect ovule. Seed bony, surrounded by a cup-shaped, red, fleshy aril, ripening in first year.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Edwards, R. 2009: Lincoln University campus: a guide to some of the shrubs currently growing there. Edition 2. Lincoln University, Lincoln.
Farjon, A 2001: World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. Edition 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
