Plant Details

Accepted name:: Taxodium distichum var. mexicanum (Carrière) Gordon & Glend. [Cupressaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich.
Infraspecies:: 2

Taxodium distichum var. distichum

Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium (Nutt.) Croom

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ahuehuete	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
ciprés	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mexican cypress	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mexican-cypress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mo xi ge luo yu shan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
montezuma bald cypress	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
montezuma bald-cypress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
montezuma baldcypress	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
montezuma-cypress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
penjamu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sabino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts		Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
branch		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Taxodium mucronatum Ten. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 19: 355 (1853).
Cuprespinnata mexicana (Carrière) J.Nelson Pinaceae: 61 (1866).
Taxodium distichum var. mucronatum (Ten.) A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 1: 175 (1906).
Taxodium huegelii C.Lawson in P.Lawson & al., Abietineae- List Pl. Fir Tribe 10: 66 (1851), nom. rej. prop.
Taxodium mexicanum Carrière Traité Gén. Conif.: 147 (1855).
Taxodium montezumae Decne. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 1: 71 (1854).
Taxodium pinnatum Carrière Traité Gén. Conif.: 147 (1855).
Taxodium virens Beissn. Handb. Nadelholzk.: 155 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Taxodium distichum var. mexicanum (Carrière) Gordon & Glend.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Taxodium mucronatum Ten.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Taxodium mucronatum Tenore	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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