Callitris

Callitris rhomboidea, Woronora Reserve, Barden Ridge, NSW, Australia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Callitroideae
Genus: Callitris
Species: C. baileyi – C. canescens – C. columellaris – C. drummondii – C. endlicheri – C. macleayana – C. monticola – C. muelleri – C. neocaledonica – C. oblonga – C. preissii – C. rhomboidea – C. roei – C. sulcata – C. verrucosa

Additional Species sensu APC: C. acuminata – C. arenaria – C. pyramidalis

Additional species sensu Govaerts et al. (2020) based upon Neocallitropsis: C. pancheri

Name

Callitris Vent. Dec. Gen. Nov. 10 (1808)

Typus

• Callitris rhomboidea R.Br. ex Rich. & A.Rich. Comm. Bot. Conif. Cycad. 47, t. 18. (1826) Neotype designated by Bullock, Taxon 6: 227 (1957).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Frenela Mirb., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 30 (1825)
  • Cyparissia Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 1833: 20 (1833)
  • Octoclinis F.Muell., Trans. & Proc. Philos. Inst. Victoria 2: 21 (1858)
  • Leichhardtia T.Steph. ex Gordon, Pinetum, Suppl.: 40 (1862)
  • Nothocallitris A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan, Komarovia 4: 84 (2006)
  • Actinostrobus Miq. Pl. Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1(4): 644. (1845). Sensu Australian Plant Census and Piggin & Bruhl, 2010.
    

Note: Australian Plant Census and Piggin & Bruhl, 2010 circumscribe Actinostrobus as a synonym of Callitris Vent. Decad. 10 (1808), but see Govaerts et al., 2017 and this discussion on the The Gymnosperm Database.

References

• Ventenat, E.P. 1808. Decas Generum Novorum, aut parum cognitorum: 10.
• Callitris in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2017. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2017 Feb. 27.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Callitris in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Feb. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Callitris. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 27 2017.
• Piggin, J. & Bruhl, J.J. 2010. Phylogeny reconstruction of Callitris Vent.(Cupressaceae) and its allies leads to inclusion of Actinostrobus within Callitris. Australian Systematic Botany 23 (2): 69-93. DOI: 10.1071/SB09044 Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Callitris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Feb. 2017.

Vernacular names

čeština: Sandarakovec
Deutsch: Schmuckzypressen
English: Cypress-pine
Esperanto: Kalitriso
فارسی: سروکاج‌ها
suomi: Sädesypressit
hrvatski: Kalitris
перем коми: Каллитрис
коми: Каллитрис
кырык мары: Каллитрис
norsk: Callitrisslekten
polski: Żywiczlin
русский: Каллитрис
Ikinyarwanda: Callitrisi
удмурт: Каллитрис

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