Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, is a slow-growing conifer of the family Taxaceae found as a shaded understory tree in old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its bark and needles contain paclitaxel, a compound isolated in the 1960s and developed into the chemotherapy drug marketed as Taxol, used to treat ovarian, breast and other cancers, a discovery that brought the previously overlooked species sudden scientific and commercial attention.
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Scientific Name Conservation Status Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
Sources
1. GBIF Species API
2. Wikidata: Pacific Yew
Wikidata- Wikidata Q2065540, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): near threatened.
- Wikidata Q2065540 (P225 taxon name)
- Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 3. Pacific Yew (Wikipedia)
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