Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium
Pondcypress
Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
Division | Coniferophyta | Conifers—cone-bearing trees (and a few shrubs) |
Class | Pinopsida | Gymnosperms such as cedars, Douglas-firs, cypresses, firs, junipers, kauri, larches, pines, hemlocks, redwoods, spruces, and yews |
Order | Pinales | Cone-bearing plants: cedar, cypress, fir, juniper, larch, pine, redwood, spruce, yew, and others |
Family | Cupressaceae | Cypres family, including junipers and redwoods |
Genus | Taxodium | From the Latin Taxus meaning yew and the Greek eidos meaning resemblance from a similarity of leaf shape. |
Species | distichum | In two ranks |
var. | imbricarium | “overlapping, closely put together,” referring to the calyx lobes which are imbricate laterally in fruit |
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Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia ≈ 4 × 2½' (1.2 × 0.8 m) ID is uncertain 
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