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Taxodiaceae

Index Taxodiaceae

The Taxodiaceae were at one time regarded as a distinct plant family comprising the following ten genera of coniferous trees. [1]

20 relations: Athrotaxis, Cryptomeria, Cunninghamia, Cunninghamites, Cupressaceae, Family (biology), Fossil, Glyptostrobus, Jurassic, Metasequoia, Pinophyta, Sciadopitys, Sequoia (genus), Sequoiadendron, Sequoioideae, Taiwania, Taxodioideae, Taxodium, Tertiary, Tree.

Athrotaxis

Athrotaxis is a genus of two to three species (depending on taxonomic opinion) of conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae.

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Cryptomeria

Cryptomeria (literally "hidden parts") is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae, formerly belonging to the family Taxodiaceae.

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Cunninghamia

Cunninghamia is a genus of one or two living species of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae.

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Cunninghamites

Cunninghamites is an extinct genus of conifers in the family Cupressaceae of the European Late Cretaceous flora.

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Cupressaceae

Cupressaceae is a conifer family, the cypress family, with worldwide distribution.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis; literally, "obtained by digging") is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Glyptostrobus

Glyptostrobus, is a small genus of conifers in the family Cupressaceae (formerly in the family Taxodiaceae).

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Jurassic

The Jurassic (from Jura Mountains) was a geologic period and system that spanned 56 million years from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period Mya.

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Metasequoia

Metasequoia (dawn redwood) is a fast-growing, deciduous tree, and the sole living species, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, is one of three species of conifers known as redwoods.

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Pinophyta

The Pinophyta, also known as Coniferophyta or Coniferae, or commonly as conifers, are a division of vascular land plants containing a single extant class, Pinopsida.

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Sciadopitys

Sciadopitys verticillata, koyamaki, or Japanese umbrella-pine, is a unique conifer endemic to Japan.

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Sequoia (genus)

Sequoia is a genus of redwood coniferous trees in the subfamily Sequoioideae of the family Cupressaceae.

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Sequoiadendron

Sequoiadendron is a genus of evergreen trees, with two species, only one of which survives to the present.

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Sequoioideae

Sequoioideae (redwoods) is a subfamily of coniferous trees within the family Cupressaceae.

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Taiwania

Taiwania, with the single living species Taiwania cryptomerioides, is a large coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae.

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Taxodioideae

Taxodioideae is a subfamily in Cupressaceae.

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Taxodium

Taxodium is a genus of one to three species (depending on taxonomic opinion) of extremely flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae.

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Tertiary

Tertiary is the former term for the geologic period from 65 million to 2.58 million years ago, a timespan that occurs between the superseded Secondary period and the Quaternary.

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Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxodiaceae

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