PLANTS Profile for Taxus cuspidata (Japanese yew)

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Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.
Japanese yew

Symbol:

TACU

Group:

Gymnosperm

Family:

Taxaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United Kingdom, England, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens. Usage Requirements.

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Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.

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Distribution:
Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.


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Related Taxa:
Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.

View 2 genera in Taxaceae, 6 species in Taxus

Classification:
Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Coniferophyta – Conifers
Class	Pinopsida
Order	Taxales
Family	Taxaceae – Yew family
Genus	Taxus L. – yew
Species	Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc. – Japanese yew

Introduced Information:
Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 194886.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Related Web Sites:
Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.

Michigan State University Extension, Home Horticulture: abstract and images

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