Taxonavigation

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Taxodioideae
Genus: Taxodium
Species: T. ascendens – T. distichum – T. mucronatum

Paleospecies: †T. dubium – †T. wallisii

Name

Taxodium Rich. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 16: 298. (1810)

• Note: The three species circumscription above is a taxonomic opinion, as one, two or three species are accepted by various authors - see Discussion page and the references below for more information.

References

• Richard, L.C.M. 1810. Annales du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 16: 298.
• Adams, R.P., Arnold, M.A., King, A.R., Denny, G.C. & Creech, D. 2012. Taxodium (Cupressaceae): One, two or three species? Evidence from DNA sequences and terpenoids. Phytologia 94: 159–168. Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Creech, D., Zhou, L., Yunlong, Y. & Eguiluz-Piedra, T. 2011. Can Taxodium be improved. Arnoldia 69(2): 11-20. PDF Reference page. 
• Duan, H., Guo, J., Xuan, L., Wang, Z., Li, M., Yin, Y. & Yang, Y. 2020. Comparative chloroplast genomics of the genus Taxodium. BMC Genomics 21(1): 114. DOI: doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-6532-1 Reference page. 
• eFloras 2008. Taxodium in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Taxodium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 7. Reference page. 
• Ikezaki, Y., Suyama, Y., Middleton, B.A., Tsumura, Y., Teshima, K., Tachida, H. & Kusumi, J. 2016. Inferences of population structure and demographic history for Taxodium distichum, a coniferous tree in North America, based on amplicon sequencing analysis. American Journal of Botany 103(11): 1937-1949. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1600046 Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Taxodium. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 11 2017.
• Pabst, M.B. 1968. The flora of the Chuckanut Formation: the Equisetales, Filicales, and Coniferales. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 76: i–v, 1–85. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Taxodium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Oct. 2020.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Taxodium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 8.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Taxodium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

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