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Taxodium
| Description | Taxodium is a genus of one to three species (depending on taxonomic opinion) of extremely flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. The generic name is derived from the Latin word taxus, meaning "yew", and the Greek word εἶδος (eidos), meaning "similar to." Within the family, Taxodium is most closely related to Chinese swamp cypress (Glyptostrobus pensilis) and sugi (Cryptomeria japonica). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxodium, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Cupressaceae : Taxodium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pinophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Taxodiaceae : Taxodium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Taxodium Rich. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 164 - 145 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Sumpcypresser, Bald Cypress, Cypress, Bald-cypress | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxodium |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Taxodium brookense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxodium crassum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxodium distichum species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Bald Cypress | 5 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| Taxodium dubium species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxodium europaeum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxodium mucronatum species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Montezume Bald Cypress | 0 Ma Extant | ||
| Taxodium occidentale species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxodium olrikii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxodium ramosum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taxodium wilcoxianum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Schubertia Mirbel, 1812 | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Cupressaceae : Schubertia |
| Taxodiomeria Z.J.Ye et al. | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Cupressaceae : Taxodiomeria |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1810 | Taxodium Richard |
| 1983 | Taxodium Hueber p. 272 |
| 2000 | Taxodium Mabberley |
| 2002 | Taxodium Ahuja and Neale p. 93 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
