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What are the taxus species

Jane Margolis
2020-08-18 09:04:09
Yew is a common ornamental plant. It is evergreen all the year round and has a beautiful posture. Do you know what kinds of yew are there? Today we'll learn about the taxus species.

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

Pacific Purple Shirt

Southern yew

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.

Chinese yew

The leaves of Taxus chinensis are shorter, the tips curl slightly, and the seeds are also obovoid.

Pacific Purple Shirt

Taxus cuspidata

The leaf arrangement of northeast red bean is very irregular, because of asymmetry, it is messy.

Taxus Florida

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.

Florida yew

Yew

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.

Yew in Tibet

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.

Taxus yunnanensis

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.

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