Distribution
Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Madeira, New York
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Taxus baccata subsp. eubaccata Pilg. in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 25: 13 (1916 publ. 1917), not validly publ.
- Taxus communis J.Nelson in Pinaceae: 171 (1866), nom. superfl.
- Taxus lugubris Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 396 (1796), nom. superfl.
- Taxus pectinata Gilib. in Exerc. Phyt. 2: 417 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cephalotaxus adpressa Beissn. in Handb. Nadelholzk.: 174 (1891)
- Cephalotaxus brevifolia Beissn. in Handb. Nadelholzk.: 174 (1891)
- Cephalotaxus tardiva Siebold ex Endl. in Syn. Conif.: 239 (1847)
- Taxus adpressa Carrière in Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 4: 93 (1855)
- Taxus adpressa adpressa-stricta Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 732 (1867)
- Taxus aurea K.Koch in Dendrologie 2(2): 93 (1873)
- Taxus baccata var. adpressa-aurea A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 1: 115 (1906)
- Taxus baccata adpressa-pendula V.Gibbs in J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 51: 197 (1926)
- Taxus baccata var. albovariegata Späth in Nursery Cat. (Späth) 57: 3 (1883)
- Taxus baccata f. aurea (J.Nelson) Pilg. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 5: 114 (1903)
- Taxus baccata aurea (J.Nelson) Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 734 (1867)
- Taxus baccata subf. aureovariegata Pilg. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 5: 114 (1903)
- Taxus baccata var. cavendishii Hornibr. in F.J.Chittenden, Rep. Conif. Conf. R.H.S.: 76 (1932)
- Taxus baccata var. cheshuntensis Paul in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 492 (1861)
- Taxus baccata var. dovastoniana Leight. in Fl. Shropshire: 497 (1841)
- Taxus baccata f. dovastoniana (Leight.) Rehder in J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 67 (1945)
- Taxus baccata var. dovastonii (Lindl. & Gordon) Paul in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 493 (1861), nom. superfl.
- Taxus baccata dovastonii Lindl. & Gordon in J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 227 (1850)
- Taxus baccata var. dovastonii-aurea Sénécl. in Conifères: 187 (1868)
- Taxus baccata var. dovastonii-aureovariegata Beissn. in Handb. Nadelholzk.: 172 (1891)
- Taxus baccata var. dovastonii-variegata Gordon in Pinetum, ed. 2: 389 (1875)
- Taxus baccata f. elegantissima (C.Lawson) Beissn. in Handb. Conif.: 23 (1887)
- Taxus baccata var. elegantissima C.Lawson in P.Lawson & al., Abietineae- List Pl. Fir Tribe: 82 (1851)
- Taxus baccata elvastonensis Barron ex Gordon in Pinetum, ed. 2: 430 (1875)
- Taxus baccata var. erecta Loudon in Arb. Brit. 4: 2068 (1838)
- Taxus baccata f. erecta (Loudon) Pilg. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 5: 115 (1903)
- Taxus baccata var. erecta-crowderi Blandy & Rosher in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 396 (1860)
- Taxus baccata var. ericoides (Carrière) Paul in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 493 (1861)
- Taxus baccata ericoides Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 519 (1855)
- Taxus baccata f. ericoides (Carrière) Pilg. in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 25: 11 (1916 publ. 1917)
- Taxus baccata f. expansa (Carrière) Rehder in Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 2 (1949)
- Taxus baccata expansa Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 738 (1867)
- Taxus baccata var. fastigiata Paul in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 492 (1861)
- Taxus baccata fastigiata (Paul) Jacob-Makoy in Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 112: 12 (1868)
- Taxus baccata var. fastigiata-variegata Paul in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 494 (1861)
- Taxus baccata var. glauca Jacques ex Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 519 (1855)
- Taxus baccata gracilis-pendula Lauche in Deut. Dendrol.: 47 (1880)
- Taxus baccata var. jacksonii Paul in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 493 (1861)
- Taxus baccata linearis Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 738 (1867)
- Taxus baccata f. linearis (Carrière) Pilg. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 5: 115 (1903)
- Taxus baccata var. lutea Endl. in Syn. Conif.: 243 (1847)
- Taxus baccata f. lutea Rehder in Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 2 (1949)
- Taxus baccata var. macrocarpa Lavallée in Énum. Arbres: 294 (1877)
- Taxus baccata var. nana Paul in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 493 (1861)
- Taxus baccata var. nidpathensis Paul in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 493 (1861)
- Taxus baccata var. nigra Paul in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 492 (1861)
- Taxus baccata f. pendula (J.Nelson) Pilg. in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 25: 11 (1916 publ. 1917)
- Taxus baccata pendula Rinz in Gartenflora 6: 334 (1857), nom. nud.
- Taxus baccata pendula-densa J.Dix in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 569 (1861)
- Taxus baccata f. pendula-graciosa (Overeynder) Beissn. in Handb. Nadelholzk.: 172 (1891)
- Taxus baccata pendula-graciosa Overeynder in Sieboldia 6: 274 (1880)
- Taxus baccata var. pendula-overeynderi Fitschen in L.Beissner, Handb. Nadelholzk., ed. 3: 41 (1930)
- Taxus baccata pendula-variegata (J.Nelson) Simon-Louis ex Beissn. in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 8: 85 (1898)
- Taxus baccata var. prostrata Bean in Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 581 (1916)
- Taxus baccata var. pyramidalis C.Lawson in P.Lawson & al., Abietineae- List Pl. Fir Tribe: 83 (1851)
- Taxus baccata f. pyramidalis (C.Lawson) Beissn. in Handb. Conif.: 22 (1887)
- Taxus baccata var. recurvata Paul in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 493 (1861)
- Taxus baccata repandens Parsons in Descr. Cat. Kissena Nurs.: 92 (1887)
- Taxus baccata f. repandens (Parsons) Rehder in Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 3 (1949)
- Taxus baccata semperaurea Dallim. in Holly Yew Box: 204 (1908)
- Taxus baccata f. semperaurea (Dallim.) Rehder in Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 2 (1949)
- Taxus baccata f. stricta (C.Lawson) Rehder in Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 2 (1949)
- Taxus baccata subvar. stricta (C.Lawson) Jacob-Makoy in Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 30 (1870)
- Taxus baccata var. stricta (C.Lawson) Paul in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 493 (1861)
- Taxus baccata stricta C.Lawson in Agric. Man.: 398 (1836)
- Taxus baccata f. variegata (Weston) Rehder in Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 1 (1949)
- Taxus baccata var. variegata Weston in Bot. Univ. 1: 292 (1770)
- Taxus baccata f. xanthocarpa Kuntze in Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 6 (1867)
- Taxus baccifera Theophr. ex Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 1: 46 (1897)
- Taxus columnaris K.Koch in Dendrologie 2(2): 92 (1873)
- Taxus communis aurea J.Nelson in Pinaceae: 172 (1866)
- Taxus communis fastigiata-variegata J.Nelson in Pinaceae: 219 (1866)
- Taxus communis pendula J.Nelson in Pinaceae: 172 (1866)
- Taxus communis pendula-variegata J.Nelson in Pinaceae: 173 (1866)
- Taxus disticha Wender. ex Henkel & Hochst. in Syn. Nadelhölz.: 354 (1865), not validly publ.
- Taxus dovastonii Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 518 (1855), pro syn.
- Taxus elegantissima Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 518 (1855), pro syn.
- Taxus elvastonensis Beissn. in Handb. Nadelholzk.: 176 (1891)
- Taxus empetrifolia Gordon in Pinetum, ed. 2: 390 (1875), pro syn.
- Taxus erecta Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 518 (1855), pro syn.
- Taxus ericoides Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 519 (1855), pro syn.
- Taxus expansa K.Koch in Dendrologie 2(2): 92 (1873)
- Taxus fastigiata Lindl. in Syn. Brit. Fl.: 241 (1829)
- Taxus foxii Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 519 (1855), pro syn.
- Taxus hibernica Hook. ex Loudon in Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2066 (1838), not validly publ.
- Taxus horizontalis Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 518 (1855), pro syn.
- Taxus imperialis Gordon & Glend. in Pinetum: 312 (1858), not validly publ.
- Taxus jacksonii K.Koch in Dendrologie 2(2): 93 (1873)
- Taxus marginata Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 518 (1855), pro syn.
- Taxus michelii Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 736 (1867), pro syn.
- Taxus microphylla Gordon & Glend. in Pinetum: 313 (1858), pro syn.
- Taxus mitchellii Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 520 (1855), not validly publ.
- Taxus monstrosa Gordon & Glend. in Pinetum: 313 (1858), not validly publ.
- Taxus nana Parl. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 501 (1868), pro syn.
- Taxus parvifolia Wender. in Pfl. Bot. Gärt. 1(Conif.): 42 (1851)
- Taxus pendula Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 518 (1855), pro syn.
- Taxus pyramidalis Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 519 (1855), pro syn.
- Taxus recurvata C.Lawson in P.Lawson & al., Abietineae- List Pl. Fir Tribe 10: 83 (1851)
- Taxus sparsifolia Loudon in Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 940 (1842), not validly publ.
- Taxus tardiva (Siebold ex Endl.) C.Lawson in P.Lawson & al., Abietineae- List Pl. Fir Tribe 10: 80 (1851)
- Taxus variegata Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 518 (1855), pro syn.
- Taxus virgata Wall. ex Gordon & Glend. in Pinetum: 317 (1858), not validly publ.
- Verataxus adpressa (Carrière) Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 731 (1867)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 2: 533-1111. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.
- Güner, A. (ed.) (2018). Resimli Türkiye Florası (Illustrated Flora of Turkey) 2: 1-1054. ANG Vakf?/Nezahat Gökyi?it Botanik Bahçesi, Istambul.
- Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2000). Flora Nordica 1: 1-344. The Bergius Foundaton.
- Mateos, M.A. & Valdés, B. (2009). Catálogo de la flora vascular del Rif occidental calizo (N de Marruecos). I Selaginellaceae - Rosaceae. Lagascalia 29: 105-257.
- Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
- Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
- Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
- Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
Kew Species Profiles
- Bevan-Jones, R. (2007). The ancient yew, a history of Taxus baccata. Windgather Press, Bollington, Cheshire.
- Conifer Specialist Group (1998). Taxus baccata. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. < www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 November 2010.
- Cooper, M.R. & Johnson, A.W. (1998). Poisonous Plants and Fungi in Britain: Animal and Human Poisoning. The Stationery Office, London.
- Farjon, A. (2010). A Handbook of the World’s Conifers. E.J. Brill, Leiden & Boston.
- Huxley, A., Griffiths, M. & Levy, M. (eds) (1992). The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. Vol. 4 (R to Z): 437-438. Macmillan Press, London.
- Kite G.C., Lawrence T.J. & Dauncey E.A. (2000) Detecting Taxus poisoning in horses using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. Vet. Hum. Toxicol. 42(3):151-154.
- Preston, C.D., Pearman, D.A. & Dines, T.A. (eds) (2002). New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora: An atlas of the Vascular Plants of Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Wageneder, F. (2007). Yew, a history. Sutton Publishing Ltd., Stroud.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 2: 533-1111. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.
- Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Oct 1, 2011 | Jávorka, S. [935], Hungary | K000552955 | No | ||
Oct 1, 2011 | Jirasek, F. [10], Czech Republic | K000552943 | No | ||
Oct 1, 2011 | Schultz, F. [944], Austria | K000552957 | No | ||
Jun 1, 2008 | Hubbard, C.E. [s.n.], Great Britain | K000553083 | neotype | Yes | |
May 1, 2008 | Handel-Mazzetti, H. von [s.n.], Greece | K000552944 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Anderson, E. [102], Romania | K000552950 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Topa, E. [1150], Romania | K000552956 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Meebold, A. [s.n.], Switzerland | K000552960 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Davis, P.H. [37746], Turkey | K000552966 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Haradjian, M. [2341], Turkey | K000552970 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Trethewy, A.W. [85], Morocco | K000552973 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Willmott, E.A. [s.n.], France | K000552962 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Davis, P.H. [32208], Turkey | K000552969 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Anderson, E. [42], Bulgaria | K000552951 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Sandwith, N.Y. [4452], Spain | K000552948 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Baldacci, A. [169], Albania | K000552941 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Rodriguez, A. [s.n.], Spain | K000552949 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Curcic, V. [s.n.], Yugoslavia | K000552942 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Davis, P.H. [13447], Turkey | K000552968 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Lefebvre, T. [s.n.], Algeria | K000552972 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Anderson, E. [37], Bulgaria | K000552952 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Meebold, A. [s.n.], France | K000552961 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Stainton, J.D.A. [7552], Greece | K000552945 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Kotschy, T. [422], Turkey | K000552965 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Prilipko, L. [s.n.], Azerbaijan | K000552964 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Davis, P.H. [38551], Turkey | K000552967 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Heldreich, T.H.H. von [s.n.], Greece | K000552946 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Reverchon, E. [s.n.], France | K000552947 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Hinrichsen, N. [s.n.], Germany | K000552959 | No | ||
May 1, 2008 | Ullepitsch, J. [569], Poland | K000552953 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Palmér, J.E. [s.n.], Sweden | K000552933 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Asplund, E. [54], Sweden | K000552934 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Brenan, J.P.M. [9831], United Kingdom | K000552938 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Roper, I.M. [1525], United Kingdom | K000552939 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Lindberg, H. [1786], Finland | K000552931 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Vidlund, U. [419], Finland | K000552930 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Terry, J. [299], United Kingdom | K000552927 | Yes | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Henriksson, J. [s.n.], Sweden | K000552932 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Turrill, W.B. [s.n.], United Kingdom | K000552926 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Turrill, W.B. [4903], United Kingdom | K000552925 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Turrill, W.B. [s.n.], United Kingdom | K000552929 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Carruthers, E.M. [s.n.], United Kingdom | K000552928 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Collett, R. [s.n.], Norway | K000552935 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Fraser, J. [s.n.], United Kingdom | K000552924 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Røskeland, A. [s.n.], Norway | K000552936 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Willmott, E.A. [s.n.], France | K000552963 | No | ||
Apr 1, 2008 | Gamble, J.S. [28933], Norway | K000552937 | No | ||
May 2, 2002 | Rico, L. [s.n.], United Kingdom | K000661614 | No | ||
Oct 1, 1999 | Jury, S.L. [11876], Morocco | K000552971 | No | ||
18495.000 | No | ||||
Yaneschin, S. [4141], Poland | K000552954 | No | |||
Meandon, G. [s.n.], Portugal | K000552974 | No | |||
Cope, T.A [RBG 337], Great Britain | K000914006 | Yes | |||
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 6055], India | K001122908 | Yes | |||
Petzi, F. [1444], Germany | K000552958 | No | |||
Govan, G. [Cat. no. 6055], India | K001122907 | Yes |
Sources
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EDGE Gymnosperms
- EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
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Kew Species Profiles
- Kew Species Profiles
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Wood Anatomy Microscope Slides
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