Taxodium Taxodium, (L.) L. C. M. Richard
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1. T. distichum (L.) L. C. M. Richard , Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 16: 298 (1810).
Tree up to c. 40 m, with rather narrow outline, often with conspicuous buttresses at the base of the trunk. Bark reddish-brown, fibrous, peeling. Leaves up to 20 mm, acute, channelled above. Male cones purplish, in slender panicles. Female cones 15-30 mm in diameter; some of the scales sterile, others bearing 2 irregularly trigonous seeds. Planted for timber in S. Europe, especially on alluvial ground. [Bu Ga Ge It Rm.] (S.E. United States.)
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Taxodium Taxodium
Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
T. distichum (L.)
L. C. M. Richard 1810: 298 |