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Taxodium
Taxonomy
Taxodium was named by Richard (1810). It is extant. It is the type genus of Taxodioideae.
It was assigned to Taxodieae by Knowlton (1919) and Knowlton (1926); to Taxodiaceae by Hueber (1983), Liu et al. (1996) and Mabberley (2000); and to Taxodioideae by Gadek et al. (2000) and Ahuja and Neale (2002).
It was assigned to Taxodieae by Knowlton (1919) and Knowlton (1926); to Taxodiaceae by Hueber (1983), Liu et al. (1996) and Mabberley (2000); and to Taxodioideae by Gadek et al. (2000) and Ahuja and Neale (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1810 | Taxodium Richard |
| 1919 | Taxodium Knowlton |
| 1926 | Taxodium Knowlton |
| 1983 | Taxodium Hueber p. 272 |
| 1996 | Taxodium Liu et al. |
| 2000 | Taxodium Gadek et al. pp. 1048, 1056 |
| 2000 | Taxodium Mabberley |
| 2002 | Taxodium Ahuja and Neale p. 93 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Taxodium Richard 1810
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†Taxodium brookense Fontaine 1889
Taxodium distichum Linnaeus 1753 [bald cypress]
†Taxodium europaeum Brongniart 1833
†Taxodium lakense Chandler 1962
†Taxodium laramianum Penhallow 1904
Taxodium mucronatum Tenore 1853 [Montezume bald cypress]
†Taxodium occidentale Newberry 1863
Taxodium sempervirens Don 1824 [coast redwood]
†Taxodium tinajorum Heer 1871
†Taxodium virginicum Fontaine 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 161.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma
Collections (267 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Jurassic | China (Heilongjiang) | T. sp. 1 (29528) | |
| Cenomanian - Santonian | Mongolia (Dornogov) | T. sp. (118167) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | T. wallisii (34894) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | T. olrikii (96781) | |
| Lancian | USA (South Dakota) | T. olrikii (31955 48235) | |
| Lancian | USA (North Dakota) | T. HC071 (25918) T. olrikii (25473 25475 25477 48216 48217 48218 48220 48232 48233 48234 48243 48248 48270 48282 48287) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | T. occidentalis (47034) | |
| Puercan | USA (Wyoming) | T. olrikii (11335 11366 11401) | |
| Puercan | USA (North Dakota) | T. olrikii (48179) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (Montana) | T. olriki (53844) | |
| Paleocene | Canada (Alberta) | T. dubium (34887) | |
| Paleocene | China (Xinjiang) | T. sp., T. tinajorum (223851) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | T. olriki (40775 57993) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Montana) | T. olriki (40094 40098 40935 55856 55859) | |
| Tertiary | Japan (Nagano) | T. dubium (22815) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (North Dakota) | T. olrikii (24957) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | T. olrikii (11351 11367) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | T. olriki (57970) | |
| Ypresian | Canada (British Columbia) | T. miocenum (121046) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | T. lakense (23397 23398) | |
| Eocene | USA (Louisiana) | T. spp. (11090 11091 11092 11093 11094 11096 11097 11102 33759 33760 33761 33762 33764 33766 33768 33769 33770 33772 33773 33776 33778 33779 33781 33783 33786 33787 33789 33791 33793 33796 33798 33801 33804 33806 33816 33818 33820 33823 33825 33826 33828 33829 33830 33833 33834 33836 33837 33838 33839 33840) | |
| Eocene | Japan (Yamaguchi) | T. dubium (24463 24466 24481) | |
| Eocene | China (Heilongjiang) | T. tinajorum (223823) | |
| Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | T. distichum (228445) | |
| Eocene | USA (Alaska) | T. distichum (112313 112316) T. dubium (112314 112315 112317) T. occidentale, T. dubium, T. tinajorum (112312) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | T. occidentalis (227797) T. occidentalis, T. dubium (227791) | |
| Lutetian | Japan | T. distichum (70902) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | T. eocenicum (24106) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | China (Liaoning) | T. tinajorum (223815) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Russian Federation | T. sp. (45449) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Idaho) | T. dubium (27569) | |
| Rupelian | Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) | T. dubium (22844) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | T. sp. (68021) | |
| Rupelian | Russian Federation (Tiumensky) | T. dubium (22849) | |
| Oligocene | Canada (British Columbia) | T. miocenum (31673) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Germany (Saxony) | T. balticum (24922 24923 24925 24978 24979 24982 24984 24986 25001 25002 25003 25574 25578 25581 25582 25583 25591) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | T. sp. (23901) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | USA (Montana) | T. dubium (23972) | |
| Rupelian - Tertiary | Germany (Brandenburg) | T. balticum (24318) | |
| Chattian | Germany (Brandenburg) | T. dubium (26512 26513 26515 26748) | |
| Chattian | Germany (Sachsen) | T. dubium (24179 24183 24533 24534 26264 26508 26510 26511) | |
| Chattian | Azerbaijan | T. sp. (116637) | |
| Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | T. dubium (22888 22889 23114 23663 23669 23781 23782 23888 23891) T. sp. (22907 22908 22909) | |
| Chattian - Aquitanian | Germany (Sachsen) | T. dubium (26765) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | USA (Montana) | T. dubium (23975) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | T. dubium (23906) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | T. dubium (23894 23897) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | China (Jilin) | T. dubium (223816) | |
| Miocene | China (Inner Mongolia) | T. sp. (223896) | |
| Miocene | USA (Washington) | T. dubium (224390 224391 224400) | |
| Miocene | USA (Idaho) | T. dubium (224395) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Japan (Nagano) | T. dubium (22789) | |
| Burdigalian | Azerbaijan | T. sp. (116625) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Georgia) | T. sp. (55530) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Brandenburg) | T. dubium (23043 23052 23060 23062 23344 23685 27378 27521) | |
| Langhian | USA (Virginia) | T. sp. (79793) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Saxen) | T. dubium (23674) | |
| Langhian | Germany (sachsen) | T. spec. (27519) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Denmark (Jylland) | T. dubium (28313 28404) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | T. dubium (27530 27547 27548 27552 27553) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | T. sp. (28443) | |
| Middle Miocene - Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | T. dubium (27380) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | T. sp. (24079) | |
| Middle Miocene | USA (Nevada) | T. oregonensis (27700) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | T. dubium (22899 23042 23044 23045 23046 23054 23055 23056 23058 23059 23348 23355 23598 23608 23609 23610 23611 23618 23652 23661 23665 23666 23677 27011 27013 27066 27377 27379 27512 27514 27523 27526 27528) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | T. sp. (126605 187324) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Saxen) | T. dubium (22897 22898) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Sachsen) | T. dubium (27376 27381) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Germany (Brandenburg) | T. dubium (27064) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | T. sp. (152251) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine) | T. dubium (28046 28051 28053 28055 28113 28114 28115 28131 28132 28133) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Japan (Gunma) | T. dubium (21250 21258) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) | T. dubium (27918 27921 27925 27927) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | T. sp. (24324) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | France (Elsass) | T. dubium (21222) | |
| Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | T. dubium (28134) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | T. distichum (52582) | |
| Zanclean - Pliocene | Germany (North Rhine) | T. dubium (28171) | |
| Piacenzian - Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | T. dubium (28197) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | T. dubium (22780) T. rossicum (22779) T. rossicum, T. dubium (22778) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (Florida) | T. sp. (22712) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (South Carolina) | Taxodium indet. (79919) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | T. distichum (34269) |