in 1926.

In 1976, James Eckenwalder proposed that the Cupressaceae be merged with the Taxodiaceae, a circumscription which has since become consensus.

Prior to Eckenwalder's merger of the Taxodiaceae and the Cupressaceae, the generally accepted scheme was Pilger's, which split the then-pinaceae into seven families: the Taxaceae, Podocarpaceae, Araucariaceae, Cephalotaxaceae, Pinaceae sensu strictu, Taxodiaceae, and Cupressaceae.

Prior taxonomists had historically

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