Taxodium mucronatum
| Taxodium mucronatum | |
|---|---|
| at El Sabinal, Aguascalientes, Mexico | |
| 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 | |
| Natural range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Taxodium distichum var. mucronatum (Ten.) A.Henry | |
Taxodium mucronatum, commonly known as Montezuma bald cypress, Montezuma cypress, or ahuehuete, is a species of Taxodium that is primarily native to Mexico and Guatemala, with a few populations in the southwestern United States. Ahuehuete is derived from the Nahuatl name for the tree, āhuēhuētl, which means "upright drum in water" or "old man of the water."