title: Yew
text: # 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.)
  