Taxaceae

Taxaceae
Temporal range: Early Jurassic–Present (possible Late Triassic records)
Foliage and mature arils of a yew plant
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Cupressales
Family: Taxaceae
S.F.Gray
Genera
Synonyms
  • Austrotaxaceae Neger 1907
  • Cephalotaxaceae Kudo & Yamamoto 1931

Taxaceae (/tækˈssi., -ˌ/), commonly called the yew family, is a coniferous family which includes six extant and two extinct genera, and about 30 species of plants, or in older interpretations three genera and 7 to 12 species.