• Scientific Name: Taxus mairei (Lemée & H. Lév.) S.Y. Hu ex T.S. Liu
• Ref: Illustr. Native & Introd. Lign. Pl. Taiwan 1: 16. 1960.
• Synonyms:
  Tsuga mairei Lemée & H.Lév.
  Taxus chinensis var. mairei (Lemée & H.Lév.) W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu
  T. kingstonii Spjut
  T. mairei var. speciosa (Florin) Spjut
  T. speciosa Florin
  T. sumatrana subsp. mairei (Lemée & H.Lév.) Silba
  T. wallichiana var. mairei (Lemée & Lév.) L. K. Fu & Nan Li

• Chinese Common Name: 南方红豆杉 nánfāng hóngdòu∙shān, 美丽红豆杉 měilì hóngdòu∙shān
• Japanese Common Name: タイワンイチイ [台湾一位] taiwanichii
• Family: Taxaceae
• Genus: Taxus
• Distribution: Coniferous and mixed forests, thickets, deforested rocks, open slopes; 100-3500 m (but usually at lower elevations than T. chinensis, especially in the E, typically below 1200 m, ascending to over 3000 m in Sichuan and Yunnan). S Anhui, Fujian, S Gansu, N Guangdong, N Guangxi, Guizhou, W Henan, W Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, E Yunnan, Zhejiang [N India, ?Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam]
• Type: Yun-Nan : collines du Nord, 700-800 m., mai 1912.

Leaves linear, usually falcate and 2-3.5 cm × 2.5-4 mm, thick, midvein of different color to stomatal band, not papillate, or with papillae scattered on midvein or in 1-several lateral rows adjacent to stomatal band, margin revolute. (Flora of China)