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Glyptostrobus europaeus is an extinct conifer in the cypress family, known only from fossils across the Northern Hemisphere. Its living relative, Glyptostrobus pensilis, is the species grown in gardens, so this entry offers no practical growing guidance for the fossil species itself.
Glyptostrobus europaeus is an extinct conifer species of the family Cupressaceae that is found as fossils throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The sole living species of Glyptostrobus (Glyptostrobus pensilis) was described from China in 1926. The name of the genus comes from the Greek "glypto" meaning grooved or carved, and "strobilus" meaning cone. The species name "europaeus" refers to the fact that it was first described from Europe.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glyptostrobus europaeus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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