Taxus mairei

Taxaceae Taxus mairei (Lemée & Lév.) S. Y. Hu ex T. S. Liu

Etymology
Taxus refers to the Latin name for yews.
mairei refers to the plant collector E. E. Maire, who collected the type specimen.

Colloquial Name
Maire’s yew

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-CQ, CHC-GZ, CHC-HU, CHC-SC, CHC-YN, CHN, CHN-GS, CHN-SA, CHN-SX, CHS, CHS-AH, CHS-FJ, CHS-GX, CHS-HE, CHS-HN, CHS-JS, CHS-JX, CHS-ZJ, 38, TAI

Habitat
The natural habitats for Taxus mairei are temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Taxus mairei that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 8
Taxus mairei is hardy to USDA Zone 8 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -12.2C (10F) to -6.7C (20F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Taxus mairei is decreasing. There are ongoing threats for Taxus mairei and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.2 Biological Resource Use

IUCN Category – VU
According to the IUCN Red List, Taxus mairei has been assigned the status of VU(Vulnerable). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species qualifies as Vulnerable and is of risk.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Taxus mairei is Taxus. The coordinate taxa for Taxus mairei are therefore:

Taxus mairei is also placed under Taxaceae.