Taxus baccata refers to what species of tree?
"m diameter). Indeed, some of these trees are exceptionally large (over 5 m diameter) and may be over 2,000 years old. Sometimes monks planted yews in the middle of their cloister, as at Muckross Abbey (Ireland) or abbaye de Jumièges (France, Normandy). Some ancient yew trees are located at St Mary the Virgin Church, Overton-on-Dee in Wales. In Asturian tradition and culture the yew tree has had a real link with the land, the people, the ancestors and the ancient religion. It was tradition on All Saints Day to bring a branch of a yew tree to the tombs of"
"Balakata Balakata is a genus of trees in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1999. It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, the Himalayas, and New Guinea. The genus name was inspired by ""balákat-gúbat"" (""shoulder-tree""), the Philippine common name for ""B. luzonica"". ""Balakata baccata"" grows up to 26 meters tall, while ""B. luzonica"" can reach . These trees have alternately arranged leaves long, usually with large basal glands on the undersides. The undersides are also whitish in color in ""B. baccata"", but not in ""B. luzonica"". The former has longer petioles than the latter. The trees"
"are monoecious, with inflorescences containing several male flowers and usually at least one female flower at the base. The fruit is smooth and fleshy. That of ""B. baccata"" usually contains two seeds, while the fruit of ""B. luzonica"" has a single seed. Both species yield useful wood; ""B. luzonica"" wood may have commercial value. Balakata Balakata is a genus of trees in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1999. It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, the Himalayas, and New Guinea. The genus name was inspired by ""balákat-gúbat"" (""shoulder-tree""), the Philippine common name for ""B. luzonica""."
"Cystoseira baccata Cystoseira baccata is a species of brown seaweed in the family Fucaceae. It is found in the north east Atlantic, the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The species name ""baccata"" means ""berry-like"" and refers to the small air bladders. This species was known as ""Cystoseira fibrosa"" until 1950, when P.C.Silva pointed out that it had first been described in 1768 by S.G.Gmelin, who had found the lectotype in the Netherlands and called it ""Fucus baccatus"". His original material cannot now be found but his illustration serves to identify the species. ""C. baccata"" is a tough, leathery seaweed"
"Acacia truncata Acacia truncata, commonly known as the angle leaved wattle or west coast wattle, is a coastal shrub in the family Fabaceae, with a native distribution along the southwest coast of Western Australia. A specimen of this wattle was part of an early European botanical collection, perhaps the first from Australia. The shrub is a dense and dome shaped plant high. It has ribbed and glabrous branchlets. Flowerheads are globe-shaped and composed of 7-16 pale yellow flowers, on stalks between long. Following flowering it will form blackish curved to linear seed pods that are about in length and wide"
"Rhipsalis baccifera Rhipsalis baccifera, commonly known as the mistletoe cactus, is an epiphytic cactus which originates from Central and South America, the Caribbean, and Florida. It is also found throughout the tropics of Africa and into Sri Lanka where its known in Sinhala as (). This is the only cactus species naturally occurring outside the New World. One hypothesis is that it was introduced to the Old World by migratory birds, long enough ago for the Old World populations to be regarded as distinct subspecies. An alternative hypothesis holds that the species initially crossed the Atlantic Ocean on European ships"
"Baeckea Baeckea is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. There are about 75 species, of which 70 are endemic to Australia; the others are distributed in New Caledonia and Southeast Asia. These plants are shrubs and trees with oppositely arranged leaves. The leaves are very small, glandular, and aromatic. Flowers are solitary or borne in simple or compound inflorescences in the leaf axils. The flower has 5 sepals and 5 white, pink, or purple petals. The fruit is a dehiscent capsule. The genus is named in honor of the Swedish physician Abraham Bäck (1713–1795). Many species"
"Melaleuca bracteata Melaleuca bracteata, commonly known as the black tea-tree, river tea-tree or mock olive is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It usually occurs as a large shrub but under ideal conditions can grow into a tree up to tall. It is an adaptable species in cultivation and a number of cultivars have been developed. ""Melaleuca bracteata"" is a bushy-foliaged, small to medium tree, normally tall but occasionally taller and it usually flowers and sets seed by the time it is tall. Its bark is rough and dark grey in colour. The"
"was placed in the newly created genus ""Sannantha"". For many years the name ""Baeckea virgata"" was misapplied to this species. ""Baeckea virgata"", currently ""Sannantha virgata"", is endemic to New Caledonia. The species occurs from Gippsland in Victoria and northwards to Port Stephens in New South Wales. The species has been cultivated for many years under various names. Cultivars include: Sannantha pluriflora Sannantha pluriflora, commonly known as tall baeckea, is a flowering shrub or small tree species in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Australia. Plants grow to 4 metres high. White flowers appear in groups of 3 to"
"Acacia rostellifera Acacia rostellifera, commonly known as summer-scented wattle or ""skunk tree"" is a coastal tree or small tree in the family Fabaceae. Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs along the west coast as far north as Kalbarri in the Southwest Australia savanna ecoregion, and along the south coast as far east as Israelite Bay. The summer-scented wattle generally reproduces by suckers from underground stems. Because of this suckering, the species often forms thickets that exclude all other species. The tallest ""Acacia"" of its area, it can grow to 10 metres. Specimens above 3 metres are not often seen, however,"
"Quercus falcata Quercus falcata, commonly known as the southern red oak or Spanish oak, is a tree in the red oak section (""Lobatae"") of the genus ""Quercus"" native to the eastern and south-central United States. ""Quercus falcata"" occurs on dry or sandy upland sites from southern New York (Long Island) south to central Florida and west to Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. In the northeastern portion of its range the species is relatively rare and found almost exclusively along the coast; its highest prevalence is throughout the piedmont region of the Southeast. ""Quercus falcata"" is a medium to large-sized deciduous tree"
"as bushfires occur often in its area. Fire burns the plants right to the ground, but the underground stem resprouts vigorously. Acacia rostellifera Acacia rostellifera, commonly known as summer-scented wattle or ""skunk tree"" is a coastal tree or small tree in the family Fabaceae. Endemic to Western Australia, it occurs along the west coast as far north as Kalbarri in the Southwest Australia savanna ecoregion, and along the south coast as far east as Israelite Bay. The summer-scented wattle generally reproduces by suckers from underground stems. Because of this suckering, the species often forms thickets that exclude all other species."
"Acacia beckleri Acacia beckleri, or Barrier Range wattle, is a plant in the genus ""Acacia"" native to Australasia, typically Australia. It is named after Dr Hermann Beckler, the botanist on the Burke and Wills expedition in 1861 and who collected the type specimen. The common name refers to the Barrier Range in the Broken Hill area, western New South Wales. This species is similar to ""A. notabilis"" (notable wattle, Flinder's wattle, stiff golden wattle) and ""A. gladiformis"" (sword wattle, sword-leaf wattle). It is a decumbent shrub 1–3 m in height. Its stem and branches are reddish-brown in color. Its phyllodes"
"the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Walter Hill, in the vicinity of Pine River to the north of Brisbane. Barklya Barklya is a genus of Australian trees in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. The sole species is Barklya syringifolia, commonly known as the leather jacket or crown of gold tree. It grows in rainforest to 18 metres tall. Recorded from Queensland and New South Wales in vine forest and softwood scrub. It is often used as an ornamental. It may be extinct in New South Wales. The genus and species was formally described in 1859 by Victorian"
"Cycas brachycantha Cycas brachycantha is a species of cycad in the genus ""Cycas"", native to northern Vietnam where it is endemic to Bắc Kạn Province. It grows in often soil-free cracks and crevices of limestone crests and ridges under the canopy of evergreen forests. It is found in Ba Bể National Park. It has a short stem 9–10 cm diameter, often subterranean, or up to 1 m tall above ground, bearing 5-10 leaves. The leaves are 1.4-2.5 m long, slightly keeled to flat, very glossy dark green, pinnate, with 100-210 leaflets, each leaflet 20–25 cm long and 10–14 mm wide,"
"Falcataria moluccana Falcataria moluccana, commonly known as the Moluccan albizia, is a species of fast-growing tree in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to Maluku Islands, New Guinea Island, the Bismarck Archipelago (in Papua New Guinea), and the Solomon Islands. It is cultivated for timber throughout South Asian and Southeast Asian countries. This tree is considered to be invasive in Hawaii, American Samoa and several other island nations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is about 30m tall tree in nature with a massive trunk and an open crown. ""Falcataria moluccana"" is cultivated throughout the wet tropical and"
"Banksia anatona Banksia anatona, commonly known as the cactus dryandra, is a flowering plant in the family, Proteaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a tall, spindly shrub with unusually large fruiting follicles. It is only known from a single location and has been classified as ""Critically Endangered"" nationally under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The only known population is in danger of extinction from dieback disease. ""Banksia anatona"" is a shrub with a single stem and short side branches, sometimes growing to a height of . Unlike many others in the Banksia genus, it"
"Banksia serrata Banksia serrata, commonly known as old man banksia, saw banksia, saw-tooth banksia and red honeysuckle, is a species of woody shrub or tree of the genus ""Banksia"" in the family Proteaceae. Native to the east coast of Australia, it is found from Queensland to Victoria with outlying populations on Tasmania and Flinders Island. Commonly growing as a gnarled tree up to 16 m (50 ft) in height, it can be much smaller in more exposed areas. This ""Banksia"" species has wrinkled grey bark, shiny dark green serrated leaves and large yellow or greyish-yellow flower spikes appearing over summer."
"Acacia falcata Acacia falcata, commonly known as sickle wattle and by other vernacular names including sally, is a perennial shrub or tree native to eastern Australia, which reaches five metres in height and has cream flowers in early winter. It gets its common and scientific name for its sickle-shaped leaves. Hardy and adaptable to cultivation, it is used in regeneration of bushland. German botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow was the first to officially describe the sickle wattle in 1806, although his countryman Johann Christoph Wendland had given it the name ""Mimosa obliqua"" in 1798, this was deemed an illegitimate name. The"
"Cycas thouarsii Cycas thouarsii, the Madagascar cycad, is an evergreen arborescent plant in the genus ""Cycas"". It is named after a French botanist Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (1758—1831). The arborescent stem is up to 4 meters tall. The leaves are dark-green, semi-glossy, usually 150—210 centimeters long. Pollen cone is a fusiform varying in color from orange to brown (pale). Yellow-tomentose megasporophylls are 29—32 centimeters long. The seeds are ovoid, 50—60 millimeters in size. Sarcotesta is orange-brown. Habitat countries include: the Comoros Islands, Kenya, Madagascar, Mayotte, Mozambique, the Seychelles and Tanzania. The tree grows 200 meters above sea level in light"
"oospheres are then liberated and are fertilised externally. They become more rounded and sink to the sea floor where segmentation starts within a few hours. Four primary rhizoids develop from each and the lateral branches soon begin to grow. Cystoseira baccata Cystoseira baccata is a species of brown seaweed in the family Fucaceae. It is found in the north east Atlantic, the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The species name ""baccata"" means ""berry-like"" and refers to the small air bladders. This species was known as ""Cystoseira fibrosa"" until 1950, when P.C.Silva pointed out that it had first been described"
"Government Department of the Environment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Banksia anatona Banksia anatona, commonly known as the cactus dryandra, is a flowering plant in the family, Proteaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a tall, spindly shrub with unusually large fruiting follicles. It is only known from a single location and has been classified as ""Critically Endangered"" nationally under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The only known population is in danger of extinction from dieback disease. ""Banksia anatona"" is a shrub with a single stem and short side branches, sometimes"
"Vachellia nilotica Vachellia nilotica (commonly known as gum arabic tree, babul, thorn mimosa, Egyptian acacia or thorny acacia) is a tree in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. It is also a Weed of National Significance and is an invasive species of significant concern in Australia. This tree was originally the type species of the genus ""Acacia"", which derives its name from ακακία (""akakia""), the name given by early Greek botanist-physician Pedanius Dioscorides (ca. 40–90) to this tree as a medicinal, in his book ""Materia Medica"". The renaming of the genus"
"line for many years after Lehmann had separated ""Encephalartos"" as a separate genus. His concept was originally much broader than the one accepted today, including also the Australian plants we now know as ""Macrozamia"" and ""Lepidozamia"". Encephalartos Encephalartos is a genus of cycad native to Africa. Several species of ""Encephalartos"" are commonly referred to as bread trees, bread palms or kaffir bread, since a bread-like starchy food can be prepared from the centre of the stem. The genus name is derived from the Greek words ""en"" (within), ""kephali"" (head), and ""artos"" (bread), referring to the use of the pith to"
"Sannantha pluriflora Sannantha pluriflora, commonly known as tall baeckea, is a flowering shrub or small tree species in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Australia. Plants grow to 4 metres high. White flowers appear in groups of 3 to 7 between October and April in the species native range. These have 5 rounded petals surrounding 8 to 15 stamens. The fruits are in diameter. The species was first formally described in 1855 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller and given the name ""Camphoromyrtus pluriflora"". It was placed in the genus ""Babingtonia"" in 1997 and in 2007 it"
"""Cycas orientis""<br> ""Cycas orixensis""<br> ""Cycas pachypoda""<br> ""Cycas panzhihuaensis""<br> ""Cycas papuana""<br> ""Cycas pectinata""<br> ""Cycas petraea""<br> ""Cycas platyphylla""<br> ""Cycas pranburiensis""<br> ""Cycas pruinosa""<br> ""Cycas revoluta"" (Sago palm)<br> ""Cycas riuminiana""<br> ""Cycas rumphii""Miq.<br> ""Cycas sancti-lasallei""<br> ""Cycas sainathii""<br> ""Cycas saxatilis""<br> ""Cycas schumanniana""<br> ""Cycas scratchleyana""<br> ""Cycas seemannii"" <br> ""Cycas segmentifida""<br> ""Cycas semota""<br> ""Cycas sexseminifera""<br> ""Cycas shanyaensis""<br> ""Cycas siamensis""<br> ""Cycas silvestris""<br> ""Cycas simplicipinna""<br> ""Cycas sphaerica""<br> ""Cycas sundaica""<br> ""Cycas swamyi""<br> ""Cycas szechuanensis""<br> ""Cycas taitungensis""<br> ""Cycas taiwaniana""<br> ""Cycas tanqingii""<br> ""Cycas tansachana""<br> ""Cycas thouarsii""<br> ""Cycas tropophylla""<br> ""Cycas tuckeri""<br> ""Cycas vespertilio""<br> ""Cycas wadei""<br> ""Cycas xipholepis""<br> ""Cycas yorkiana""<br> ""Cycas yunnanensis""<br> ""Cycas zambalensis""<br> ""Cycas zeylanica""<br> Cycas Cycas is the type genus and the only"
"Acacia baxteri Acacia baxteri, commonly known as Baxter's wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus ""Acacia"" and the subgenus ""Phyllodineae"". The compact and pungent shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms from September to December and produces yellow flowers. The shrub has rigid, striate-ribbed and glabrous branchlets. The thick rigid phyllodes are sessile, with a narrowly linear to oblong-elliptic shape and are around in length with a width of . There is one simple inflorescence per axil with globular flower heads containing 30 to 50 flowers. After flowering curved woody red-brown seed pods form that are"
"Urera baccifera Urera baccifera is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family known by many common names, including scratchbush, ortiga brava, pringamoza, mala mujer, chichicaste, nigua, guaritoto, ishanga, manman guêpes, and urtiga bronca. It is native to the Americas from Mexico through Central America into South America, as well as the Caribbean. This species is a shrub or a small tree. It can reach five meters in height. The thin, toothed leaves are up to 25 centimeters long by 12.5 wide. The blades are borne on long petioles. The plant is covered in spines and stinging hairs. The"
"Acacia plicata Acacia plicata is a species of wattle which is endemic to an area between Perth and Geraldton in Western Australia. It is an erect to pendulous shrub that usually grows from in height. Its globular, yellow flowerheads appear from late winter until mid spring. The hairy leaves are bipinnate with linear to narrow-elliptical shaped leaflets to that are around in length. The spherical flowerheads are held on slender stalks around in length exceeding the length of the leaves. Following flowering a distinctively pleated seed pod is formed. The species was first formally described by the botanist Bruce Maslin"
"of exclusive vegetative growth which occurs by bulbils arising at the base of the trunk. ""Cycas"" species are threatened worldwide and almost all the species are listed in IUCN Redlist. ""Cycas beddomei"" is the only species of the genus ""Cycas"" listed in Appendix I of CITES. ""Cycas rumphii"" and ""Cycas pectinata"" have the most widespread distribution. ""Cycas aculeata""<br> ""Cycas aenigma""<br> ""Cycas andamanica""<br> ""Cycas angulata""<br> ""Cycas annaikalensis""<br> ""Cycas apoa""<br> ""Cycas arenicola""<br> ""Cycas armstrongii""<br> ""Cycas arnhemica""<br> ""Cycas badensis""<br> ""Cycas balansae""<br> ""Cycas basaltica""<br> ""Cycas beddomei""<br> ""Cycas bifida""<br> ""Cycas bougainvilleana""<br> ""Cycas brachycantha""<br> ""Cycas brunnea""<br> ""Cycas cairnsiana""<br> ""Cycas calcicola""<br> ""Cycas campestris""<br> ""Cycas canalis""<br> ""Cycas candida""<br>"
"Cycas Cycas is the type genus and the only genus recognised in the family Cycadaceae. About 113 species are accepted. ""Cycas circinalis"", a species endemic to India was the first cycad species to be described and was the type of the generic name, ""Cycas"". The best-known ""Cycas"" species is ""Cycas revoluta"". ""Cycas"" is a very ancient genus of trees. The group achieved its maximum diversity in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, when it was distributed almost worldwide. At the end of the Cretaceous, when the non-avian dinosaurs became extinct, so did most of the cycas in the Northern Hemisphere. The"
"formerly placed in the genus are currently included in ""Euryomyrtus"", ""Harmogia"", ""Kardomia"", ""Oxymyrrhine"", ""Rinzia"", ""Sannantha"", ""Seorsus"" and ""Triplarina"". Species include: Baeckea Baeckea is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. There are about 75 species, of which 70 are endemic to Australia; the others are distributed in New Caledonia and Southeast Asia. These plants are shrubs and trees with oppositely arranged leaves. The leaves are very small, glandular, and aromatic. Flowers are solitary or borne in simple or compound inflorescences in the leaf axils. The flower has 5 sepals and 5 white, pink, or purple petals. The"
"Pachycormus discolor Pachycormus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the cashew family. The generic name refers to ""pachy"" for ""thick"" and ""kormos"" for ""stump,"" referring to the thick caudiciform trunk. The specific epithet ""dis"" refers to a negation of color. The single species is Pachycormus discolor endemic to the Baja California peninsula. Called the Baja elephant tree, torote blanco, or copalquín, plants are grown in containers by caudiciform succulent aficionados. There are 2 to 3 subspecies. Only seed grown specimens develop the caudex. Note: the common name ""elephant tree"" is also applied to ""Bursera microphylla"" as well as"