Common Names
Mexican yew (2).Taxonomic notes
Syn: T. baccata subsp. globosa Pilger 1916 (2).Description
Tree or shrub to 4.6 m tall. Light green leaves are larger and sharper than those of T. baccata, and the mature red female aril is larger than that of any other yew (2).Range
Mexico: Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Oaxaca; Guatemala; Honduras; El Salvador (2).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Silba 1986.(2) Hartzell 1991.
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Last modified on 11-Jan-1999