Taxus wallichiana

Taxaceae Taxus wallichiana Zucc.

Etymology
Taxus refers to the Latin name for yews.
wallichiana refers to the Danish botanist N. Wallich, who collected the type specimen.

Colloquial Name
East Himalayan yew

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-SC, CHC-YN, CHT, 4, 40, ASS, ASS-ME, ASS-NA, EHM, EHM-AP, EHM-BH, EHM-DJ, EHM-SI, NEP, 41, MYA, VIE, 42, PHI, SUL, SUM

Habitat
The natural habitats for Taxus wallichiana are subtropical/tropical moist montane forests, temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Taxus wallichiana that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 8
Taxus wallichiana 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 wallichiana is decreasing. There are ongoing threats for Taxus wallichiana and they are listed as follows:

• 1 Habitat Loss & Degradation
  • 1.1 Agriculture & Forestry
• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.2 Biological Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – EN
According to the IUCN Red List, Taxus wallichiana has been assigned the status of EN(Endangered). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species qualifies as Endangered and is very much at risk.

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

Taxus wallichiana is also placed under Taxaceae.