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Taxaceae (yew)

Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Taxaceae Gray pp. 222, 226
1919Taxaceae Knowlton
1926Taxaceae Knowlton
1984Taxaceae Meyen p. 90
2000Taxaceae Mabberley
2008Taxaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2020Taxaceae Vallati et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
classPinopsidaBurnett 1833
RankNameAuthor
orderPinales
familyTaxaceae
familyTaxaceae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Taxaceae Gray 1822 [yew]
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Subfm. †Abietineae
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G. †Abietineaepollenites Delcourt and Sprumont 1955
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†Abietineaepollenites ellipticus Kar and Sah 1970
†Abietineaepollenites robustus Kar and Sah 1970
G. †Elatides Heer 1876
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†Elatides brandtiana Heer 1876
†Elatides curvifolia Dunker 1846
†Elatides falcata Heer 1876
†Elatides ovalis Heer 1876
G. †Laricopsis Fontaine 1889
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†Laricopsis angustifolia Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Laricopsis brevifolia Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
†Laricopsis longifolia Fontaine 1889
G. †Paracedroxylon Sinnott 1909
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G. †Pinites Lindley and Hutton 1831
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†Pinites pannonicus Unger 1845
G. †Pityoxylon Kraus 1870
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†Pityoxylon aldersoni Knowlton 1898
†Pityoxylon amethystinum Knowlton 1899
†Pityoxylon annulatum Platen 1907
†Pityoxylon anomalum Holden 1913
†Pityoxylon columbina Penhallow 1907
†Pityoxylon dakotense Knowlton 1900
†Pityoxylon fallax Felix 1896
†Pityoxylon foliosum Holden 1913
†Pityoxylon hollicki Knowlton 1897
†Pityoxylon inaequale Felix 1886
†Pityoxylon krausei Felix 1886
†Pityoxylon macclurii Cramer 1870
†Pityoxylon pealei Knowlton 1896
†Pityoxylon sandbergeri Kraus 1870
†Pityoxylon scituatense Jeffrey and Chrysler 1906
†Pityoxylon statenense Jeffrey and Chrysler 1906
†Pityoxylon vateri Platen 1907
G. †Prepinus Jeffrey 1908
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†Prepinus statenensis Jeffrey 1908
†Prepinus viticetensis Jeffrey 1910
G. †Takliostrobus Sahni 1931
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†Takliostrobus alatus Sahni 1931
G. Amentotaxus Pilger 1917 [catkin-yew]
Subfm. †Cupressineae
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G. †Cupressites Brongniart 1828
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†Cupressites cookii Newberry 1868
†Cupressites hulmanni Brongniart 1828
G. †Moriconia Debey and Ettingshausen 1859
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†Moriconia americana Berry 1910
†Moriconia cyclotoxon Debey and Ettingshausen 1859
G. †Paracupressinoxylon Holden 1913
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†Paracupressinoxylon potomacense Sinnott and Bartlett 1916
G. †Thuyoxylum Unger 1842
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†Thuyoxylon americanum Unger 1852
†Thuyoxylum juniperinum Unger 1842
G. †Florinia Sveshnikova 1967
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†Florinia vilujensis Sveshnikova 1967
G. †Palaeocladus Ettingshausen 1886
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†Palaeocladus cuneiformis Ettingshausen 1886
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G. †Nageiopsis Fontaine 1889
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†Nageiopsis angustifolia Fontaine 1889
†Nageiopsis longifolia Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Nageiopsis crassicaulis Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
†Nageiopsis obtusifolia Fontaine 1889
†Nageiopsis zamioides Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Nageiopsis decrescens Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Nageiopsis heterophylla Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Nageiopsis microphylla Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Nageiopsis ovata Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Nageiopsis recurvata Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
G. †Palissya Endlicher 1847
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†Palissya braunii Endlicher 1847
†Palissya brevifolia Emmons 1857
†Palissya diffusa Emmons 1856
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Invalid names: Walchia gracile Emmons 1857 [synonym]
†Palissya longifolia Wherry 1916
†Palissya oldhamii Feistmantel 1876
†Palissya pectinea Feistmantel 1876
†Palissya sphenolepis Braun 1843
G. †Podocarpites Andra 1855
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†Podocarpites tyrrellii Dawson 1887
G. †Striatopodocarpites Sedova 1956
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†Striatopodocarpites balmei Sukh-Dev 1961
†Striatopodocarpites gondwanensis Lakhanpal et al. 1959
†Striatopodocarpites nidpurensis Bharadwaj and Srivastava 1969
G. †Taxaceoxylon Kraeusel and Jain 1964
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†Taxaceoxylon intertrappeanum Mahabale and Satyanarayana 1978
†Taxaceoxylon kateruense Mahabale and Rao 1973
†Taxaceoxylon rajmahalense Bhardwaj 1964
Subfm. Taxeae
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G. †Cephalotaxopsis Fontaine 1889
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†Cephalotaxopsis brevifolia Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Cephalotaxopsis microphylla Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
†Cephalotaxopsis magnifolia Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Cephalotaxopsis rhytidodes Ward 1905 [synonym]
†Cephalotaxopsis ramosa Fontaine 1889
G. †Cephalotaxospermum Berry 1910
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G. Cephalotaxus Siebold and Zuccarini 1842
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†Cephalotaxus coloradensis Knowlton 1916
G. †Protophyllocladus Berry 1903
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†Protophyllocladus polymorphus Lesquereux 1859
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Invalid names: Thinnfeldia montana Knowlton 1898 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Thinnfeldia lesquereuxiana Heer 1882 [synonym]
G. †Taxites Brongniart 1828
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†Taxites lanceolata Ganju 1947
†Taxites langsdorfii Brongniart 1828
†Taxites medius Tenison-Woods 1883
†Taxites mehtae Goswami 1956
†Taxites microphyllus Heer 1869
†Taxites olriki Heer 1868
†Taxites planus Feistmantel 1879
†Taxites tournalii Brongniart 1828
G. Tumion Rafinesque 1840
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†Tumion bonseri Knowlton 1926
†Tumion carolinianum Berry 1908
†Tumion densifolium Dawson 1882
†Tumion dicksonioides Dawson 1882
†Tumion falcatum Fontaine 1889
†Tumion oblanceolatum Lesquereux 1883
†Tumion virginicum Fontaine 1889
Subfm. Taxodieae
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G. †Athrotaxopsis Fontaine 1889
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†Athrotaxopsis expansa Fontaine 1890
†Athrotaxopsis grandis Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Athrotaxopsis pachyphylla Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Athrotaxopsis tenuicaulis Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
G. †Cunninghamites Presl 1838
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†Cunninghamites dubiosus Feistmantel 1877
†Cunninghamites elegans Corda 1846
†Cunninghamites recurvatus Hosius and von der Marck 1900
G. †Cyparissidium Heer 1874
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†Cyparissidium gracile Heer 1868
G. †Geinitzia Endlicher 1847
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†Geinitzia biforma Lesquereux 1875
†Geinitzia cretacea Endlicher 1847
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Invalid names: Sedites rabenhorstii Geinitz 1842 [replaced]
†Geinitzia formosa Heer 1871
†Geinitzia jenneyi Fontaine 1899
†Geinitzia reichenbachi Geinitz 1842
Invalid names: Sedites Geinitz 1842 [synonym]
G. †Inolepis Heer 1874
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†Inolepis imbricata Heer 1874
G. †Pseudogeinitzia Hollick and Jeffrey 1909
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†Pseudogeinitzia sequoiiformis Hollick and Jeffrey 1909
G. †Sphenolepidium Heer 1881
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†Sphenolepidium drakensbergi Ellenberger 1970
†Sphenolepidium leloalengense Ellenberger 1970
†Sphenolepidium matelilense Ellenberger 1970
†Sphenolepidium oregonense Fontaine 1905
†Sphenolepidium pachyphyllum Fontaine 1889
G. Taxus Linnaeus 1753 [yew]
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Taxus baccata Linnaeus 1753
†Taxus qinghaiensis Guo 1980
G. †Torellia Heer 1870
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†Torellia rigida Heer 1870
G. Torreya Arnott 1838
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Torreya jackii Chun 1925
G. †Vesquia Bertrand 1883
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†Vesquia tournaissi Bertrand 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Holocene or 312.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 306.0 Ma

Collections (526 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous - Permian358.86 - 251.902USA (Arizona) Taxites sp. (11999)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Striatopodocarpites sp. (10780 10783)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Czech Republic (Krkonose) Striatopodocarpites sp. (232614)
Autunian298.9 - 283.3Israel Striatopodocarpites fusus (31565 31567) Striatopodocarpites rarus (31579)
Autunian - Permian298.9 - 251.902Israel Striatopodocarpites fusus (31516)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Italy Striatopodocarpites antiquus, Striatopodocarpites pantii, Striatopodocarpites fusus (32197) Striatopodocarpites pantii (32193 32196 32207) Striatopodocarpites sp. (32206 32208)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Antarctica Striatopodocarpites cancellatus, Striatopodocarpites fusus, Striatopodocarpites rarus, Striatopodocarpites gondwanensis (31340)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Israel Striatopodocarpites cancellatus (31511) Striatopodocarpites fusus (31469) Striatopodocarpites rarus (31505 31507 31508 31551 31552 31553 31554 31555 31556 31557 31558 31559)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation Cyparissidium sp. 1 (30483)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4Spain (Cantabria) Pinites permiensis (25376)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4USA (Arizona) Taxites sp. (11150)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India Striatopodocarpites sp. (30153 30154)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India (Chhattisgarh) Striatopodocarpites sp. (226912)
Artinskian - Zechstein290.1 - 254.14Italy Striatopodocarpites sp. (31448)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation Cyparissidium sp. 1 (30384 30421 30430 30433 30434 30435 30480 30496 30615)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Canada (Nunavut) Striatopodocarpites circulus (34100 34101)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4South Africa (Gauteng) Cyparissidium sp. A (14271)
Rotliegendes - Ufimian283.3 - 274.4Norway Striatopodocarpites cancellatus (31370 31373) Striatopodocarpites spp. (31343 31345 31346)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Cyparissidium sp. 1 (30683)
Kazanian - Zechstein274.4 - 254.14Norway Striatopodocarpites cancellatus (31376 31377) Striatopodocarpites spp. (31349 31352)