Taxus Taxus, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 39

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.302862
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1213417E-FFD6-FFD4-C98B-F2C143F1C757
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Taxus Taxus
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Treatment

1. T. baccata L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 1040 (1753).

Shrub or tree up to 20 m, with a wide pyramidal crown. Leaves 10-30 mm, dark, glossy green above, with two pale green stomatiferous bands beneath. Seed 6-7 mm. 2« = 24. At low altitudes in the north; only on higher mountains in the Mediterranean region. Europe, except the east and extreme north, extending northwards to c. 63 ° N. in Norway and eastwards to Estonia, White Russia and Turkey. All except Cr Fa Is Rs (N, E) Sb; almost extinct in Az.

Cultivated for centuries, with many cultivars differing in habit, leaf-characters and aril-colour.