Taxonomy and nomenclature of baldcypress, pondcypress, and montezuma cypress: One, two, or three species?

HortTechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-127

  Denny, Geoffrey C ^a   Arnold, Michael A ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Landscape Horticulture ^*

Author keywords

Binomial; Scientific name; Subtaxa; Taxodium ascendens var. Nutans; Taxodium distichum var. Distichum; Taxodium mucronatum; Var. Imbricarium; Var. Mexicanum; Variety

Indexed keywords

CUPRESSUS; MONTEZUMA; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM VAR. DISTICHUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM VAR. IMBRICARIUM; TAXODIUM MUCRONATUM;

EID: 33846603576     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.17.1.125     Document Type: Article

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