Cryptomeria japonica

Cryptomeria japonica, Yakushima, Japan

Cryptomeria japonica foliage & cones, with Periparus ater, Japan

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Taxodioideae
Genus: Cryptomeria
Species: Cryptomeria japonica

Name

Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D.Don, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 234 (1838)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cupressus japonica Thunb. ex L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 421 (1782).
• Homotypic
  • Taxodium japonicum (Thunb. ex L.f.) Brongn., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 30: 183 (1833).
  • Schubertia japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) Jacques, Ann. Fl. Pomone 5: 241 (1837).
• Heterotypic
  • Cryptomeria nana Lindl. & Gordon, J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 5: 208 (1850), nom. subnud.
  • Cryptomeria fortunei Hooibr. ex Billain, Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 234 (1853).
  • Cryptomeria lobbiana Billain, Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 234 (1853).
  • Cryptomeria japonica var. lobbii Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 154 (1855).
  • Cryptomeria japonica var. nana Carrière in H.A.Jacques & F.Hérincq, Man. Gén. Pl. 3: 332 (1857).
  • Cryptomeria elegans J.J.Veitch, Gard. Chron. 1863: 3 (1863).
  • Cryptomeria araucarioides Henkel & W.Hochst., Syn. Conif.: 269 (1865).
  • Cryptomeria japonica var. dacrydioides Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 193 (1867).
  • Cryptomeria japonica var. pungens Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2, 1: 194 (1867).
  • Cryptomeria japonica var. araucarioides (Henkel & W.Hochst.) Jacob-Makoy, Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 112: 6 (1868).
  • Cryptomeria japonica var. sinensis Miq. in P.F.von Siebold & J.G.Zuccarini, Fl. Jap. 2: 52 (1870).
  • Cryptomeria japonica var. spiralis Miq. in P.F.von Siebold & J.G.Zuccarini, Fl. Jap. 2: 52 (1870).
  • Cryptomeria nigricans Carrière, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 42: 119 (1871).
  • Cryptomeria lycopodioides Carrière, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 46: 220 (1874).
  • Cryptomeria japonica var. elegans-variegata Van Geert, Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 73: xxi (1875).
  • Cryptomeria lobbii (Carrière) Lavallée, Énum. Arbres: 272 (1877), nom. superfl.
  • Cryptomeria japonica f. araucarioides (Henkel & W.Hochst.) Beissn., Handb. Conif.: 20 (1887).
  • Cryptomeria japonica f. compacta Beissn., Handb. Conif.: 20 (1887).
  • Cryptomeria japonica f. elegans (J.J.Veitch) Beissn., Handb. Conif.: 20 (1887).
  • Cryptomeria japonica f. lobbii (Carrière) Beissn., Handb. Conif.: 20 (1887).
  • Cryptomeria japonica f. nana (Carrière) Beissn., Handb. Conif.: 20 (1887).
  • Cryptomeria japonica f. pungens (Carrière) Beissn., Handb. Conif.: 20 (1887).
  • Cryptomeria compacta Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 147 (1891).
  • Cryptomeria mucronata Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 146 (1891).
  • Cryptomeria pungens Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 147 (1891).
  • Cryptomeria variegata Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 147 (1891).
  • Cryptomeria viridis Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 146 (1891).
  • Cryptomeria generalis E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 1: 23 (1906).
  • Cryptomeria japonica var. fortunei (Hooibr. ex Billain) A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 1: 129 (1906).
  • Cryptomeria japonica var. compacta (Beissn.) C.K.Schneid. in E.E.Silva Tarouca, Uns. Freil.-Nadelhölzer: 170 (1913).
  • Cryptomeria japonica var. pendulata Bronsart, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 22: 94 (1913), nom. provis.
  • Cupressus mairei H.Lév., Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan: 56 (1916).
  • Cryptomeria kawaii Hayata, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 117 (1917).
  • Cryptomeria japonica var. caespitosa Makino, J. Jap. Bot. 5: 28 (1928).
  • Cryptomeria mairei (H.Lév.) Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 13: 395 (1937).
  • Cryptomeria japonica var. radicans Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 17: 277 (1941).
  • Cryptomeria japonica var. pendula Leroy ex Dallim. & A.B.Jacks., Handb. Conif., ed. 3: 255 (1948).
  • Cryptomeria japonica f. dacrydioides (Carrière) Rehder, Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 43 (1949).
  • Cryptomeria japonica f. spiralis (Miq.) Rehder, Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 43 (1949).
  • Cryptomeria japonica subsp. sinensis (Miq.) P.D.Sell, Watsonia 18: 92 (1990).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Eastern Asia Japan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Don, D. 1838. Two new genera of the natural family of plants called Coniferae. Annals of Natural History 1(3): 233–235. BHL. Reference page.  [p. 234]
• Linnaeus, C. (filius) 1782 ["1781"]. Supplementum Plantarum systematis vegetabilium editionis decimae tertiae, generum plantarum editionis sextae, et specierum plantarum editionis secundae. [XVI]+468 pp. Impensis Orphanotrophei, Brunsvigae [Braunschweig]. BHL Reference page.  [p. 421]

Additional references

• Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. 2 vols., pp. 1–526 + 527–1111, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, Boston. ISBN 978-90-04-17718-5. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Cryptomeria japonica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Cryptomeria japonica. Published online. Accessed: March 26 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cryptomeria japonica. Accessed: 26 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Cryptomeria japonica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 26. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: سرو اليابان
čeština: Kryptomerie japonská
dansk: Japansk Kryptomeria
Deutsch: Sicheltanne
dolnoserbski: Japańska kryptomerija
English: Sugi
Esperanto: Sugio
español: Criptomeria japonesa
فارسی: سدر ژاپنی
suomi: Sugi
français: Cryptoméria du Japon
galego: Criptomeria
עברית: קריפטומריה
hrvatski: Japanska kriptomerija
hornjoserbsce: Japanska kryptomerija
magyar: Japánciprus
հայերեն: Կրիպտոմերիա ճապոնական
日本語: スギ
ქართული: კრიპტომერია
перем коми: Криптомерия
한국어: 삼나무
коми: Криптомерия
lietuvių: Japoninė kriptomerija
кырык мары: Криптомери
नेपाली: धुपी सल्ला
norsk: Sugi
polski: Kryptomeria japońska
português: Criptoméria
română: Criptomeria
русский: Криптомерия японская
slovenščina: Srpavka ali kriptomerija
svenska: Kryptomeria
Türkçe: Japon çamı
удмурт: Криптомерия
українська: Криптомерія японська
Tiếng Việt: Liễu sam
中文: 日本柳杉

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