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Pity the stinking yew
image indicating the health of normal (top) and diseased (bottom) leaves of Torreya taxifolia (the Florida torreya or stinking yew), an endangered conifer endemic to Florida and Georgia. A close relative of the torreya, the Pacific yew Taxus brevifolia, produces the potent anti-cancer drug taxol — so the torreya's rapid decline to the scant 1 500 trees alive today is of even greater concern tha...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Dental Journal
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0007-0610,1476-5373
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.333