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''Taxus baccata'' is a conifer native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.〔Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.〕 It is the tree originally known as yew, though with other related trees becoming known, it may now be known as English yew, or European yew. ==Taxonomy and naming== The word ''yew'' is from Proto-Germanic '' *īwa-'', possibly originally a loanword from Gaulish '' *ivos'', compare Irish ''ēo'', Welsh ''ywen'', French ''if'' (see Eihwaz for a discussion). ''Baccata'' is Latin for ''bearing red berries''. The word ''yew'' as it was originally used seems to refer to the color brown. The yew (μίλος) was known to Theophrastus, who noted its preference for mountain coolness and shade, its evergreen character and its slow growth.〔Theophrastus, ''Enquiry into Plants'', iii.10.2; iv.1.3, etc.〕 Most romance languages, with the notable exception of French, kept a version of the Latin word ''taxus'' (Italian ''tasso'', Corsican ''tassu'', Occitan ''teis'', Catalan ''teix'', Gasconic ''tech'', Spanish ''tejo'', Portuguese ''teixo'', Galician ''teixo'' and Romanian ''tisă'') from the same root as ''toxic''. In Slavic languages, the same root is preserved: Russian ''tiss'' (''тис''), Slovakian ''tis'', Slovenian ''tisa'', Bosnian ''tisa'' (''тиса''). In Albanian it is named ''tis''. The common yew was one of the many species first described by Linnaeus. It is one of around 30 other conifer species in seven genera in the family Taxaceae, which is placed in the order Pinales. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Taxus baccata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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