Taxodium

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin taxus (“yew”) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “appearance”) + Latin -um/-ium. === Proper noun === Taxodium n A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – large conifers that grow in swampy and riparian environments from the southeastern US to Guatemala. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; Pinopsida – class; Pinidae – subclass; Pinales – order; Cupressaceae – family; Taxodioideae – subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Taxodium distichum (bald cypress) – type species; Taxodium ascendens (pond cypress), Taxodium mucronatum (Montezuma cypress) – other extant species; †Taxodium dubium – extinct species ==== Coordinate terms ==== (genus in Toxodioideae): Glyptostrobus (Chinese swamp cypress), Cryptomeria (sugi) ==== Descendants ==== English: taxodone === References === Taxodium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Taxodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Taxodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Taxodium at USDA Plants database Taxodium at Tropicos Taxodium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Taxodium at National Center for Biotechnology Information Taxodium at Germplasm Resources Information Network Taxodium at The Plant List Taxodium at Gymnosperms Database “Taxodium”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026