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THE NOMENCLATURE OF PONDCYPRESS AND BALDCYPRESS (TAXODIACEAE)
Author(s) -
Watson F. D.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1221225
Subject(s) - taxodium , nomenclature , biology , botany , taxonomy (biology) , cypress , geography
Summary A taxonomic and nomenclatural study of pondcypress and baldcypress in the southeastern United States revealed the misapplication of a name. When pondcypress is treated as a variety rather than as a separate species, it should be referred to Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium (Nutt.) Croom rather than the commonly used var. nutans (Ait.) Sweet. The latter is placed in synonymy with the typical variety.