Yew
# Yew

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

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.)
