Taxus baccata L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part T), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 878-905 : 880

Taxus baccata Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 1040. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa, Canada." RCN: 7510.

Lectotype (Jonsell & Jarvis in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 93. 1993): Herb. Clifford: 464, Taxus 1 (BM-000647522) .

Generitype of Taxus Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 192. 1929).

Current name: Taxus baccata L. ( Taxaceae ).

Note: Jonsell & Jarvis (in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 150. 1994) gave an explanation of their earlier (1993) typification.