Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american yew	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
buis de sapin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
canada yew	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canadian yew	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ground hemlock	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ground-hemlock	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kanadensisk idegran	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shinwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Taxus baccata var. adpressa Carrière Traité Gén. Conif.: 520 (1855).
Taxus baccata subsp. canadensis (Marshall) Pilg. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 5: 113 (1903).
Taxus baccata var. canadensis (Marshall) A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 425 (1856).
Taxus baccata var. minor Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 245 (1803).
Taxus baccata subsp. minor (Michx.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1243 (1895).
Taxus baccata var. procumbens Loudon Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 940 (1842).
Taxus canadensis var. adpressa (Carrière) Spjut J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 274 (2007).
Taxus canadensis var. minor (Michx.) Spjut J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 274 (2007).
Taxus canadensis var. pyramidalis Rinz Gartenflora 6: 334 (1857), nom. subnud.
Taxus canadensis f. stricta (L.H.Bailey) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 4 (1949).
Taxus canadensis var. stricta L.H.Bailey Cult. Conif.: 26 (1933).
Taxus canadensis variegata Jacob-Makoy Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 112: 13 (1868).
Taxus minor (Michx.) Britton ex Small & Vail Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 4: 167 (1893).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Taxus canadensis Marsh.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Taxus canadensis Marshall	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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