Taxodium mucronatum
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"Ahuehuete" redirects here. For the BRT station, see El Ahuehuete (Mexico City Metrobús).
Taxodium mucronatum, commonly known as Montezuma bald cypress,[4] Montezuma cypress,[5] or ahuehuete,[5] is a species of Taxodium that is primarily native to Mexico and Guatemala, with a few populations in the southwestern United States.[6] Ahuehuete is derived from the Nahuatl name for the tree, āhuēhuētl, which means "upright drum in water"[7] or "old man of the water."[2]
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Taxodium mucronatum | |
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at El Sabinal, Aguascalientes, Mexico | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Cupressales |
Family: | Cupressaceae |
Genus: | Taxodium |
Species: | T. mucronatum |
Binomial name | |
Taxodium mucronatum | |
Natural range | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Taxodium distichum var. mucronatum (Ten.) A.Henry |
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