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*''[[Taxodium]]''
*''[[Taxodium]]''


However, recent research has shown that the Taxodiaceae, with the single exception of ''Sciadopitys'', should be merged into the Family [[Cupressaceae]]. There are no consistent characters by which they can be separated, and genetic evidence demonstrates close relationships; this merging now becoming widely accepted.
However, recent research has shown that the Taxodiaceae, with the single exception of ''Sciadopitys'', should be merged into the family [[Cupressaceae]]. There are no consistent characters by which they can be separated, and genetic evidence demonstrates close relationships; this merging now becoming widely accepted.


The one exception, the genus ''Sciadopitys'', is genetically very distinct from all other conifers, and now treated in a family of its own, [[Sciadopitys|Sciadopityaceae]].
The one exception, the genus ''Sciadopitys'', is genetically very distinct from all other conifers, and now treated in a family of its own, [[Sciadopitys|Sciadopityaceae]].


=== References and External links ===
=== References and External links ===
* [http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/conifers/cu/index.htm Gymnosperm Database - Cupressaceae]
* [http://www.conifers.org/cu/index.htm Gymnosperm Database - Cupressaceae]
* [http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/conifers/sc/index.htm Gymnosperm Database - Sciadopityaceae]
* [http://www.conifers.org/sc/index.htm Gymnosperm Database - Sciadopityaceae]


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Revision as of 21:38, 28 October 2005

The Taxodiaceae was at one time regarded as a distinct plant family comprising the following ten genera of coniferous trees:

However, recent research has shown that the Taxodiaceae, with the single exception of Sciadopitys, should be merged into the family Cupressaceae. There are no consistent characters by which they can be separated, and genetic evidence demonstrates close relationships; this merging now becoming widely accepted.

The one exception, the genus Sciadopitys, is genetically very distinct from all other conifers, and now treated in a family of its own, Sciadopityaceae.