Yew

Yew is a common name given to various species of trees.

It is most prominently given to any of various coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Taxus:
 * European yew or common yew (Taxus baccata)
 * Pacific yew or western yew (Taxus brevifolia)
 * Canadian yew (Taxus canadensis)
 * Chinese yew (Taxus chinensis)
 * Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
 * Florida yew (Taxus floridana)
 * Mexican yew (Taxus globosa)
 * Sumatran yew (Taxus sumatrana)
 * Himalayan yew (Taxus wallichiana)
 * Taxus masonii (Eocene fossil yew)

It is also used for any of various coniferous plants in the families Taxaceae and Cephalotaxaceae:
 * White-berry yew (Pseudotaxus chienii)
 * New Caledonian yew or southern yew (Austrotaxus spicata)
 * Catkin-yew (Amentotaxus sp.)
 * Plum-yew (Cephalotaxus sp.)

Various coniferous plants in the family Podocarpaceae, superficially similar to other yews, are also known by this name:
 * Prince Albert's yew (Saxegothaea conspicua)
 * Plum-yew (Prumnopitys sp.)