Yew

 ( Shrubs ) 

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.)