Taxus chinensis

Taxus chinensis is a species of yew. It is commonly called the Chinese yew, though this term also refers to Taxus celebica or Taxus sumatrana.

Taxus chinensis
Morton Arboretum Acc. 1378-56-2
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Taxaceae
Genus: Taxus
Species:
T. chinensis
Binomial name
Taxus chinensis
Subspecies

Taxus chinensis var. mairei

Taxifolin can be found in Taxus chinensis var. mairei.[2]

This plant is used against cancer.[3][4] Paclitaxel or Taxol can be produced. The tree can also be used in many other ways and is under special protection of national and international laws.

References

  1. Conifer Specialist Group (2013). "Taxus chinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-26.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Chemistry of Chinese yew, Taxus chinensis var. mairei. Cunfang Li, Changhong Huo , Manli Zhang, Qingwen Shi, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, Volume 36, Issue 4, April 2008, Pages 266–282, doi:10.1016/j.bse.2007.08.002
  3. "紅豆杉 Hongdoushan_School of Chinese Medicine".
  4. "红豆杉_Baidu".
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