Yew

For other uses, see Yew (disambiguation).

Yew is a common name given to various species of trees.

Phylogeny of the Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae

Foliage of a Mexican yew

It is most prominently given to any of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Taxus:

• European yew or common yew (Taxus baccata)
• Pacific yew or western yew (Taxus brevifolia)
• Canadian yew (Taxus canadensis)
• Chinese yew (Taxus chinensis)
• Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
• Florida yew (Taxus floridana)
• Mexican yew (Taxus globosa)
• Sumatran yew (Taxus sumatrana)
• Himalayan yew (Taxus wallichiana)
• †Taxus masonii (Eocene fossil yew)

It is also used for any of various coniferous plants in the families Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae:

• White-berry yew (Pseudotaxus chienii)
• New Caledonian yew or southern yew (Austrotaxus spicata)
• Catkin-yew (Amentotaxus sp.)
• Plum-yew (Cephalotaxus sp.)

Various coniferous plants in the family Podocarpaceae, superficially similar to other yews, are also known by this name:

• Prince Albert's yew (Saxegothaea conspicua)
• Plum-yew (Prumnopitys sp.)