Spermatophyta: Gymnospermae: Pinales

Taxodiaceae - Taxodium family

Description of the family

Worldwide: 10 genera and 16 species in temperate North America, east Asia and Tasmania

Zimbabwe: 4 cultivated genera and 4 cultivated taxa.

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Links to cultivated genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Cryptomeria D. Don	Description, Image
Cunninghamia R. Br.
Metasequoia Miki ex Hu & Cheng
Taxodium Rich.	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Taxodiaceae:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Taxodiaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Taxodiaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Taxodiaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Taxodiaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Taxodiaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Taxodiaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Taxodiaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Taxodiaceae
Wikipedia: Taxodiaceae
Plants of the World Online: Taxodiaceae
Tropicos: Taxodiaceae

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: Family page: Taxodiaceae.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/family.php?family_id=271, retrieved 5 December 2025

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