Taxodium mucronatum

"Ahuehuete" redirects here. For the BRT station, see El Ahuehuete (Mexico City Metrobús).

Taxodium mucronatum
at El Sabinal, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this 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[3]

Taxodium distichum var. mucronatum (Ten.) A.Henry
Taxodium mexicanum Carrière
Taxodium distichum var. mexicanum (Carrière) Gordon
Cuprespinnata mexicana (Carrière) J.Nelson
Taxodium huegelii C.Lawson[2]

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."[3]

  1. ^ Farjon, A. (2013). "Taxodium mucronatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T34029A2840943. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T34029A2840943.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Taxodium huegelii C.Lawson — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  3. ^ a b "Taxodium mucronatum". The Gymnosperm Database. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
  4. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Taxodium mucronatum​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Taxodium mucronatum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  6. ^ Veblen, Thomas T. (1977). "Guatemalan Conifers". Unasylva. 29 (118). Food and Agriculture Organization. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  7. ^ Andrews, James Richard (2003). Introduction to Classical Nahuatl. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-8061-3452-9.