Taxodioideae

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Taxodioideae
Taxodium distichum NRCSMS01010.jpg
Bald Cypress forest
in a central Mississippi lake
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Subfamily: Taxodioideae
Genera

Taxodium
Glyptostrobus
Cryptomeria

Taxodioideae is a subfamily in Cupressaceae. [1]

Genera

ImageGenusLiving Species
El Sabinal, Salto de los Salado, Aguascalientes 41.JPG Taxodium Rich.
Glyptostrobus pensilis - UC Davis Arboretum - DSC03384.JPG Glyptostrobus Endl.
Fukaura town kitakanegasawa seki no kame-sugi.jpg Cryptomeria D.Don

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References

  1. "Cupressaceae Rich. ex Bartling 1830". The Gymnosperm Database. Retrieved 2009-10-14.