Taxodium
See also: taxodium
Translingual
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Etymology
From Latin taxus (“yew”) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “appearance”).
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 at USDA Plants database
- Taxodium at Tropicos
- Taxodium on 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 Fossilworks
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