Taxaceae

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Noun

Taxaceae - sometimes classified as member of order Taxalesfamily Taxaceae, yew familygymnosperm family - a family of gymnospermsConiferales, order Coniferales - profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leavesgenus Taxus, Taxus - yewsyew - any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leavesAustrotaxus, genus Austrotaxus - a gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yewgenus Pseudotaxus, Pseudotaxus - one species

Taxaceae

a family of gymnospermous plants. Representatives of Taxaceae are evergreen trees and shrubs, usually heavily branched. The leaves, for the most part, are needle-like, linear, or linear-lanceolate and often asymmetrical. The plants are most often dioecious. The male spikelets, which are found in the axils of the leaves, may be solitary or gathered into catkins. The fruits are greatly reduced and are not shaped like cones; at the base they are surrounded by several pairs of scalelike leaves and bear one ovule. Mature seeds are surrounded by a fleshy aril. The family consists of approximately 20 species, which grow mainly in the northern hemisphere. There are five genera: Taxus, Torreya, Pseudotaxus (one species, in China), Austrotaxus (one species, in New Caledonia), and Amentotaxus (several species, in China and Vietnam).

Taxaceae

Related to Taxaceae: Cupressaceae, Pseudotsuga, yew family

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Synonyms for Taxaceae

noun sometimes classified as member of order Taxales

Synonyms

family Taxaceae
yew family

Related Words

gymnosperm family
Coniferales
order Coniferales
genus Taxus
Taxus
yew
Austrotaxus
genus Austrotaxus
genus Pseudotaxus
Pseudotaxus