Glyptostrobus pensilis (English spelling)

Japanese: Glyptostrobus pensilis（英語表記）Glyptostrobuspensilis

…Many fossil species from the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods are known, but only this one is extant. Glyptostrobus pensilis (Staunt.) K.Koch, also a member of the Cupressaceae family, is a deciduous tall tree with one species in a genus, but its leaves are alternate, its cones are obovate, and its scales are not shield-shaped, but have 6 to 9 lobes at the end. It grows in wet marshes, its trunks are thick at the base, and it has many gaps, and it was once used as a substitute for cork. …

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Japanese:

…白亜紀と第三紀の化石種は多く知られているが，現生はこのただ1種のみである。　同じスギ科のスイショウ(水松)Glyptostrobus pensilis (Staunt.) K.Kochも1属1種の落葉高木であるが，葉は互生し，球果は倒卵形で，果鱗が楯形にならず，その先が6～9裂する。水湿地に生え，幹の基部が太くなって空隙（くうげき）が多く，かつてコルクの代用に使われた。…

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