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Cupressaceae Author, 3000 “”


 

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Common Names


Cypress Family

 

Latin Synonyms


 

 

Linnaean Rank


Family

 

Ancestral Phylogeny and Taxonomy


 

Coniferophyta Cordaitales Cordaitaceae
Poroxylaceae
Pityaceae
  Pinales Pinaceae
  Araucariales Araucariaceae
Podocarpaceae
Cupressales Sciadopityaceae
  Cupressaceae
  Cephalotaxaceae
Taxaceae

 

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

 

 

 

Lineage

Terrabiota, Cytota, Neomura, Eukaryota, Bikonta, Archaeplastida, Plantae, Streptobionta, Embryophyta, Tracheophyta, Euphyllophytina, Spermatophyta, Coniferophyta, Cupressales

 

Descendant Phylogeny and Taxonomy


 

Cupressaceae Cunninghamhioideae Cunninghamia
  Taiwanioideae Taiwania
Athrotaxidoideae Athrotaxis
  Sequoioideae Metasequoia
  Sequoia
Sequoiadendron
  Taxodioideae Cryptomeria
  Glyptostrobus
Taxodium
  Cupressoideae   Thuja
Thujopsis
    Chamaecyparis
Fokienia
  Callitropsis
  Juniperus
Cupressus
  Calocedrus
  Tetraclinis
  Microbiota
Platycladus
Callitroideae   Austrocedrus
  Papuacedrus
  Libocedrus
Pilgerodendron
    Widdringtonia
  Diselma
Fitzroya
  Neocallitropsis
  Callitris
Actinostrobus

 

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

 

 

 

Morphology


 

 

Distribution


 

 

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Evolution


 

 

Development


 

 

Ethnobotany


 

 

Population


 

 

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