Pacific purple shirt grows on the west coast of the United States, just on the Pacific coast. Its leaves are relatively short, so it is also called short leaf yew. From the Pacific purple shirt can be extracted from the purple shirt alcohol, the purple shirt alcohol has a great help in anti-cancer
The leaves of Taxus chinensis var. mairei are wide and long, showing needle strip shape, wide in the middle and narrow and sharp at both ends. The seeds of Taxus chinensis var. mairei are obovate.
The leaves of Taxus chinensis are shorter, the tips curl slightly, and the seeds are also obovoid.
The leaf arrangement of northeast red bean is very irregular, because of asymmetry, it is messy.
Taxus Florida originally grew in Florida, the United States, the plant can reach four meters, the seeds of Taxus Florida are toxic, people and animals can eat by mistake can die, but this tree can extract anti-cancer drugs.
The southern yew is also called Taiwan yew because it is distributed in Taiwan. Yew like to grow in a cool and humid place, the species is very rare, the plant contains taxol, can fight cancer, is a protected species.
The leaves of Taxus tibetana are very symmetrical and orderly arranged. The leaves will not overlap with each other. There will be raised dots on the midvein of the branches and stems. The seeds of Taxus tibetana are elliptical.
The leaves of Taxus yunnanensis are relatively large, the texture of the leaves is relatively thin, and the shape of the leaves is strip lanceolate. The tip of the leaf will curl as it grows, and the color of the leaf will become darker when it is dry.