Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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35.000 Taxodium
Gleason, H.A. & Cronquist, A. (1963) Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada D. van Nostrand Co, Inc. Princetown New Jersey.
Description of the genus
Trees, up to 40 m, deciduous or semi-evergreen. Leaves spirally arranged, needle-like. Male cones numerous, in drooping terminal panicles; female cones on branches of the previous year, long-persistent, sub-globose, scales irregularly quadrangular above, each with 2 ovules. Derivation of name: from the similarity of the leaves to those of the genus Taxus. Worldwide: 1-3 species, native to North America where they are semi-evergreen in the south and deciduous in the north. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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| Species | Content |
| distichum (L.) Rich. | Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): TaxodiumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Taxodium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Taxodium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Taxodium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Taxodium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Taxodium
JSTOR Plant Science: Taxodium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Taxodium
Plants of the World Online: Taxodium
Tropicos: Taxodium
Wikipedia: Taxodium
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