Taxodium

See also: taxodium

Translingual

Taxodium distichum

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Taxodium n

1. 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 National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Taxodium at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Taxodium at The Plant List
• Taxodium at Gymnosperms Database
• Taxodium at Paleobiology Database