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Chapter 49 - Taiwania

Cupressales: Cunninghamiaceae

from Part III - Living Arborescent Gymnosperm Genetic Presentations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2024

Christopher N. Page
Christopher N. Page
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Tall to eventually massive and towering, monoecious evergreen trees, often of highly imposing mature appearance in the wild. The upper branches are upsweeping in an often statuesque and celebratory fashion. They produce shoots which are stout throughout, bearing awl-like structures and Cryptomeria-like foliage through young tree stages, changing to entirely Sequoiadendron-like with age. They have a somewhat billowing tapering crown becoming eventually (many centuries) irregularly gaunt with age, freely shedding elongate female cones of surprisingly miniature size.

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Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
Pattern, Process and Diversity
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