Belongs within: Cupressaceae.
The Taxodioideae are a group of cypresses found in eastern Asia and southern North America, in which adult leaves are helically arranged.
<==Taxodioideae MM12 |--Cryptomeria MM12 | |--C. fortunei L02 | |--C. japonica MM12 | `--C. rhenana MM12 `--+--Glyptostrobus MM12 | |--G. dunoyeri MM12 | |--G. lineatus G02 | `--G. pensilis MM12 `--Taxodium MM12 |--T. ascendens M83 |--T. balticum MM12 |--T. distichum MM12 |--T. mucronatum MM12 `--T. wallissii MM12
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[G02] Gomez, B. 2002. A new species of Mirovia (Coniferales, Miroviaceae) from the Lower Cretaceous of the Iberian Ranges (Spain). Cretaceous Research 23: 761–773.
[L02] Li F. 2002. Psocoptera of China vol. 1. Science Press: Beijing.
[MM12] Mao, K., R. I. Milne, L. Zhang, Y. Peng, J. Liu, P. Thomas, R. R. Mill & S. S. Renner. 2012. Distribution of living Cupressaceae reflects the breakup of Pangea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 109 (20): 7793–7798.
[M83] Myers, R. L. 1983. Site susceptibility to invasion by the exotic tree Melaleuca quinquenervia in southern Florida. Journal of Applied Ecology 20: 645–658.