Taxodium

See also: taxodium

Translingual

Taxodium distichum

Etymology

From Latin taxus (“yew”) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “appearance”) + Latin -um/-ium.

Proper noun

Taxodium n

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – large conifers that grow in swampy and riparian environments from the southeastern US to Guatemala.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; Pinopsida - class; Pinidae - subclass; Pinales - order; Cupressaceae - family; Taxodioideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Taxodium distichum (bald cypress) - type species; Taxodium ascendens (pond cypress), Taxodium mucronatum (Montezuma cypress) - other extant species; †Taxodium dubium - extinct species

Coordinate terms

(genus in Toxodioideae): Glyptostrobus (Chinese swamp cypress), Cryptomeria (sugi)

Descendants

English: taxodone

References

Taxodium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Taxodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Taxodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Taxodium at USDA Plants database
Taxodium at Tropicos
Taxodium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Taxodium at Encyclopedia of Life
Taxodium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Taxodium at Germplasm Resources Information Network
Taxodium at The Plant List
Taxodium at Gymnosperms Database
Taxodium at Paleobiology Database

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