CULTIVAR CLASSIFICATION OF TAXUS L. (TAXACEAE)

M.H.A. Hoffman
The cultivars of the genus Taxus are up till now usually classified in species and interspecific hybrids. This system is not satisfactory anymore. Instead a new, more stable classification of six cultivar-groups is proposed here. The new classification is based on practical application (culton concept), while the old classification is based on genetic relationships (taxon concept). The definitions of the cultivar-groups are simple and clear, cultivars can be classified better and this system is easy to work with, even for non-specialists. The proposed cultivar-groups are: Adpressa Group, Fastigiata Group, Hedge Group, Nana Group, Repens Group, and Washington Group. The system is an extension and improvement of the system of cultivar-groups introduced by H.J. Welch in his manual of dwarf conifers.
Hoffman, M.H.A. (2004). CULTIVAR CLASSIFICATION OF TAXUS L. (TAXACEAE). Acta Hortic. 634, 91-96
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.634.11
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.634.11
cultivar-group, culton, taxonomy, systematics, yew
English

Acta Horticulturae