Taxon: Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix II
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• Japanese yew   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• ichii   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• kyaraboku   (Source: F JapanOhwi [as T. cuspidata var. nana]) – Japanese Rōmaji
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3)
  
• Materials: tannin/dyestuff; wood   (fide F ChinaEng; Ency WTimber)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Cooper & Johnson ed2)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Taxus cuspidata from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Kurile Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin
  China: China - Heilongjiang, Jilin [e.], Liaoning, Shaanxi
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea

References:

• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Cope, E. A. 1998. Taxaceae: the genera and cultivated species. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 64:309.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) [mentions].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) 4:438.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
• Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. (F Manshur)
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system - on-line resource. (Can Poison Pl)
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
• Tai Hyun Chung. 1965. Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea, vol. 5, Tracheophyta. (Ency Korea)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Taxus cuspidata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Taxus cuspidata. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Taxus baccata auct.
  
• (=) Taxus cuspidata var. luteobaccata Miyabe & Tatew.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (=) Taxus cuspidata var. umbraculifera Makino
  

Check other databases for Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Taxus cuspidata cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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