Taxus chinensis

Taxus chinensis
	Morton Arboretum Acc. 1378-56-2
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Cupressales
Family:	Taxaceae
Genus:	Taxus
Species:	T. chinensis
Binomial name
	Taxus chinensis; (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Rehder
Subspecies
	Taxus chinensis var. mairei

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.

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

^ "Taxus chinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-26. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help){{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
^ 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
^ "紅豆杉 Hongdoushan_School of Chinese Medicine".
^ "红豆杉_Baidu".

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[IUCN-1] "Taxus chinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-26. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help){{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)

[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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