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Includes 5 genera and about 20 species of trees and shrubs with 2 genera native to the U.S.; Torreya - Torreya, with 6 species in North America and Asia; and Taxus - Yew, with 8 species in North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. The Taxaceae have recently been removed from the order coniferales (because their seeds are not borne in cones) and placed (the only family) in the order Taxales.