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| Authority - Saporta | Total Number of genera - 10 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Gymnosperm | Total Number of species - 16 |
| Plant forms - Trees | |
| World Distribution - Temperate N. America, E. Asia, Tasmania | |
| Comments - The Taxodiaceae were at one time regarded as a distinct plant family comprising the following ten genera of coniferous trees: * Athrotaxis * Cryptomeria * Cunninghamia * Glyptostrobus * Metasequoia * Sciadopitys * Sequoia * Sequoiadendron * Taiwania * Taxodium However, recent research has shown that the Taxodiaceae, with the single exception of Sciadopitys, should be merged into the family Cupressaceae Evergreen or deciduous trees. Many important timbers. | |
| 1 - Athrotaxis. 2 - Cryptomeria. 3 - Metasequoia. 4 - Sequoia. 5 - Sequoiadendron. 6 - Taiwania. 7 - Taxodium. |