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Nat. |place=16: 298. 1810 |year=1810 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Cupressaceae;Taxodium |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cupressaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Taxodium]]</div></div> |etymology=Taxus, generic name of yew, and Greek -oides, like |volume=Volume 2 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="tree duration;tree duration"><b>Trees </b>deciduous or evergreen.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="branchlet shape"><b>Branchlets </b>terete.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="knee orientation;knee shape;knee shape;knee shape"><b>Lateral </b>roots commonly producing erect, irregularly conic to rounded knees in periodically flooded habitats.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf arrangement;rank count"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, in 2 ranks or not.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf life cycle;leaf arrangement;leaf fixation or orientation;leaf shape;leaf shape;leaf shape;leaf shape;leaf shape;portion fusion;portion some measurement"><b>Adult </b>leaves divergent to strongly appressed, linear or linear-lanceolate to deltate, generally flattened, free portion to ca. 17 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="abaxial gland count">abaxial glands absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sporophyll count;pollen-sac count"><b>Pollen </b>cones with 10–20 sporophylls, each sporophyll with 2–10 pollen-sacs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="seed-cone life cycle;seed-cone shape;season count"><b>Seed-</b>cones maturing and shattering in 1 season, nearly globose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="scale life cycle;scale count;scale arrangement or dehiscence;scale architecture;scale width;scale texture">scales falling early, 5–10, valvate, ± peltate, thin and woody.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="seed atypical count;seed count;seed shape;seed architecture"><b>Seeds </b>(1–) 2 per scale, irregularly 3-angled, wingless;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="">cotyledons 4–9.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="cotyledon count;x chromosome count">x = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America in Guatemala. |discussion=<p>The pollen cones are usually borne at the base of alternate leaves, forming pendent axillary panicles; they occur less commonly singly or in racemes.</p><!-- --><p>Taxodium is variously treated as one to three species but treated here as one polymorphic species with two varieties in the flora. A third taxon tentatively accorded varietal rank--- Taxodium distichum (Linnaeus) Richard var. mexicanum Gordon (= Taxodium mucronatum Tenore)—and recognized by some authors as occurring within our range, appears to differ only in minor phenological characters. Whether or not populations from farther south in Mexico and Guatemala differ sufficiently for formal taxonomic recognition at any rank has yet to be determined.</p><!-- --><p>Species 1(–3) (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references={{Treatment/Reference |id=watson1985a |text=Watson, F. D. 1985. The nomenclature of pondcypress and baldcypress. Taxon 34: 506--509. }} }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Taxodium |author=Frank D. Watson |authority=Richard |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Cupressaceae |distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America in Guatemala. |reference=watson1985a |publication title=Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. |publication year=1810 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V2/V2_4.xml |genus=Taxodium |abaxial gland count=absent |branchlet shape=terete |cotyledon count=4;9 |knee orientation=erect |knee shape=irregularly conic;rounded |leaf arrangement=divergent;alternate |leaf fixation or orientation=appressed |leaf life cycle=adult |leaf shape=flattened;linear-lanceolate;deltate |pollen-sac count=2;10 |portion fusion=free |portion some measurement=0mm;17mm |rank count=2 |scale architecture=peltate |scale arrangement or dehiscence=valvate |scale count=5;10 |scale life cycle=falling |scale texture=woody |scale width=thin |season count=1 |seed architecture=wingless |seed atypical count=1;2 |seed count=2 |seed shape=3-angled |seed-cone life cycle=maturing |seed-cone shape=globose |sporophyll count=10;20 |tree duration=evergreen;deciduous |x chromosome count=11 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cupressaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Cupressaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Treatment/Reference (view source) Return to Taxodium. Facts... more about "Taxodium"RDF feedAuthorFrank D. Watson +AuthorityRichard +DistributionNorth America +, Mexico + and Central America in Guatemala. +EtymologyTaxus, generic name of yew, and Greek -oides, like +Illustration copyrightFlora of North America Association +IllustratorBobbi Angell +Number of lower taxa1 +Publication titleAnn. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. +Publication year1810 +Referencewatson1985a +Source xmlhttps://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse grained fna xml/V2/V2 4.xml +Taxon familyCupressaceae +Taxon nameTaxodium +Taxon parentCupressaceae +Taxon rankgenus +VolumeVolume 2 +