Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-555.16.00
Taxaceae
English: Plum yew; Yew family.
Botany
Tree; evergreen.
Leaves: cotyledons 2.
Reproduction: dioecious.
Fruit: cone scales opposite
Pollen: cones tiny peltate; microsporangiophores 1 ovule, 1 seed/cone, arillate.
Taxonomy
Taxaceae is a member of the Order Pinales in the Apg3 classification. Cephalotaxaceae is sometimes included in Taxaceae and sometines treated as a separate family.
In the Plant theory Taxaceae is treated the same way, placed in the Order Pinales, Class Pinidae. Cephalotaxaceae is included in Taxacaeae. Taxaceae is placed in Subphase 6.
Families
Taxaceae: Austrotaxus, Pseudotaxus, Taxus.
Cephalotaxaceae: Amentotaxus, Cephalotaxus, Torreya.