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The Order Taxales was once treated as a distinct order in the Division Pinophyta, Class Pinopsida, and included only those species of plants 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 shown, however, that the Taxaceae are closely related to the other conifers, particularly to those genera classified in the Family Cephalotaxaceae, and the Order Taxales is no longer recognised as distinct — the Family Taxaceae is now included in the Pinales.
