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{{Short description|Order of conifers}}
[[Image:Taxus baccata MHNT.jpg|thumb|The fleshy [[aril]] which surrounds each seed in the yew is a highly modified seed cone scale.]]
The [[plant]] order '''Taxales''' was until recently 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 [[conifer]]s were classified separately in the order [[Pinales]]. Recent genetic and [[wikt:micromorphological|micromorphological]] studies, however, have shown 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 [[Cupressales]].<ref>[http://www.conifers.org/zz/pinales.htm Gymnosperm Database - Pinidae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220110331/http://www.conifers.org/zz/pinales.htm |date=2016-02-20 }}</ref>  See [[Pinophyta]] for more details.

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[[Category:Cupressales]]
[[Category:Pinales]]
[[Category:Conifers]]
[[Category:Pinidae]]
[[Category:Historically recognized plant orders]]