Taxodiaceae

Taxodiaceae is a formerly recognized conifer family. It is today recognised as a paraphyletic grade of basal lineages within the Cupressaceae. It contains the following living genera: Athrotaxis Cryptomeria Cunninghamia Glyptostrobus Metasequoia Sequoia Sequoiadendron Taiwania Taxodium As proposed, genera of the former Taxodiaceae are grouped in the following subfamilies within the larger Cupressaceae: Athrotaxidoideae Quinn (Athrotaxis) Cunninghamioideae (Sieb. & Zucc.) Quinn (Cunninghamia) Sequoioideae (Luerss.) Quinn (Sequoia, Sequoiadendron, and Metasequoia) Taiwanioideae (Hayata) Quinn (Taiwania) Taxodioideae Endl. ex K. Koch (Taxodium, Glyptostrobus, and Cryptomeria)[1]