Plant Details

Accepted name:: Taxus brevifolia Nutt. [Taxaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
läkeidegran	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pacific yew	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
western yew	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yew tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, (bark)		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Taxus baccata subsp. brevifolia (Nutt.) Pilg. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 5: 113 (1903).
Taxus baccata var. brevifolia (Nutt.) Koehne Deut. Dendrol.: 6 (1893).
Taxus baccata var. canadensis Benth. Pl. Hartw.: 338 (1857), nom. illeg.
Taxus bourcieri Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 3: 228 (1854).
Taxus brevifolia var. polychaeta Spjut J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 217 (2007).
Taxus brevifolia subsp. polychaeta (Spjut) Silba J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17: 22 (2010).
Taxus brevifolia var. reptaneta Spjut J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 219 (2007).
Taxus brevifolia subsp. reptaneta (Spjut) Silba J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17: 22 (2010).
Taxus lindleyana A.Murray bis Edinburgh New Philos. J., n.s., 1: 294 (1855).
Taxus occidentalis Nutt. N. Amer. Sylv. 3: t. 108 (1849).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Taxus brevifolia	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Taxus brevifolia Nutt.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Taxus brevifolia Nuttal	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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