Yew ( lat.Táxus ) - a genus of plants of the family Yew ( Taxaceae ). Species of the genus are slow- growing trees or shrubs with a height of 1 to 10 m. The trunk diameter can reach 4 m. Yew wood has been used for many centuries to make bows and spears.
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 Yew berry | |||||||||||||||||
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The origin of the Russian name of the plant is unclear [2] . Some sources also use the spelling "yew" [3] [4] with two letters "c" at the end of the word.
Content
- 1 Types
- 1.1 Natural Hybrids
- 2 In culture
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Views
According to The Plant List for 2013, the genus Tees consists of nine species [5] :
- Taxus baccata L. (1753) typus [1] - Yew berry , or European yew
- Taxus brevifolia Nutt. (1849) - Yew-leaved , or Pacific Yew
- Taxus canadensis Marshall (1785) - Tees Canadian
- Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc. (1846) - Yew spiky , or Yew Far Eastern
- Taxus floridana nutt. ex chapm. (1860) - Yew Florida
- Taxus fuana Nan Li & RRMill
- Taxus globosa Schltdl. (1838) - Yew spherical , or Yew Mexican
- Taxus sumatrana ((Miq.) De Laub. - Yew Sumatran
- Taxus wallichiana zucc. (1843) - Yew Wallich
Natural Hybrids
- Taxus × hunnewelliana Rehder (1925) [= Taxus canadensis × Taxus cuspidata ]
- Taxus × media Rehder (1906) - Yew average [= Taxus baccata × Taxus cuspidata ]
In Culture
Frost resistance zones of most species and varieties : from 6b and 5b to warmer [6] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Information about the genus Taxus (English) in the Index Nominum Genericorum database of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) .
- ↑ The etymological dictionary of the Russian language by Max Fasmer
- ↑ BDT, 2016 .
- ↑ Plant Encyclopedia: Yew (Yew)
- ↑ TPL .
- ↑ Treivas L.Yu. Atlas qualifier. Diseases and pests of coniferous plants .. - M .: ZAO Fiton +, 2010. - 144 p. - ISBN 978-5-593457-0.
Literature
- Ukhanov V.V. Genus Taxus - Tiss // Trees and Shrubs of the USSR. Wild, cultivated and promising for introduction. / Ed. volumes S. Ya. Sokolov and B.K. Shishkin . - M. - L .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , 1949. - T. I. Gymnosperms. - S. 19-31. - 464 p. - 3000 copies.
- Tiss / Shvanova V.V. // Television tower - Ulan Bator [Electronic resource]. - 2016. - S. 167. - (The Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 32). - ISBN 978-5-85270-369-9 .
- Richard W. Spjut. Overview of the Genus Taxus (Taxaceae): The Species, Their Classification, and Female Reproductive Morphology . - 2010.
Links
- Taxus : information about a taxon on the Tropicos website.
- Species in Taxus . The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden (2013).