(botany) A small order of gymnosperms in the class Pinatae; members are trees or shrubs with evergreen, often needlelike leaves, with a well-developed fleshy covering surrounding the individual seeds, which are terminal or subterminal on short shoots.
Taxales
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(tak′sā·lēz)
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews
Synonym: order Taxales
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The plant order Taxales was in the past treated as a distinct order in the division Pinophyta, class Pinopsida, and included only those species in the family Taxaceae, known commonly as yews. Under this interpretation, all other conifers were classified separately in the order Pinales. Recent genetic and micromorphological studies have however shown that the Taxaceae are closely related to the other conifers, particularly so to the family Cephalotaxaceae. The order Taxales is therefore no longer recognised as distinct, and the family Taxaceae is now included in the order Pinales. See Pinophyta for more details.
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