Taxus floridana [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Taxus floridana
Taxus floridana, the Florida yew, is a species of yew, endemic to a small area of under 10 km² on the eastern side of the Apalachicola River in mesophytic forests of northern Florida at altitudes of 15–40 m. It is listed as critically endangered. It is protected in reserves at the Torreya State Park and at the Nature Conservancy's Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve, and has legal protection under the United States and Florida Endangered Species laws.
Description.
It is an evergreen coniferous shrub or small
- "Taxus rehderiana" Rehder yew
- "Taxus scutata" Scutaceous yew
- Subgroup: "Wallichiana" Subgroup
- "Taxus brevifolia" Pacific yew, western yew
- "Taxus floridana" Florida yew
- "Taxus florinii" Florin yew
- "Taxus globosa" Mesoamerican yew
- "Taxus suffnessii" Suffness yew
- "Taxus wallichiana" Wallich yew, East Himalayan yew
Fossil (extinct) species
- "Taxus engelhardtii" – Oligocene, Bohemia, twig-leaves, similar