"Ahuehuete" redirects here. For the BRT station, see El Ahuehuete (Mexico City Metrobús).
Taxodium mucronatum
at El Sabinal, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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
Ten.
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]
^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.
^"Taxodium huegelii C.Lawson — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
^ ab"Taxodium mucronatum". The Gymnosperm Database. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Taxodium mucronatum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
^ ab"Taxodium mucronatum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
^Veblen, Thomas T. (1977). "Guatemalan Conifers". Unasylva. 29 (118). Food and Agriculture Organization. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
^Andrews, James Richard (2003). Introduction to Classical Nahuatl. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-8061-3452-9.
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