Cupressus butanoensis

Cupressus butanoensis, Butano Ridge, San Mateo County, California, USA

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Cupressoideae
Genus: Cupressus
Species: Cupressus butanoensis

Name

Cupressus butanoensis (Silba) Malone & Bisbee, Bull. Cupressus Conservation Project 1(2): 57 (2012).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Cupressus abramsiana subsp. butanoensis Silba, Journal Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 10(1): 34 (2003).
    • Typus: San Mateo County, Butano Ridge, C. McMillan 1620, 1 Sep 1951 (Holotypus: NY 9515)
• Homotypic
  • Hesperocyparis abramsiana var. butanoensis (Silba) Bartel & R.P.Adams, Phytologia 91(2): 296 (2009).

Note: inclusion in C. abramsiana renders the latter paraphyletic with respect to C. pygmaea. Relationship to C. sargentii requires further investigation (Malone, Bisbee & Maerki, 2012).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Malone, J. Bisbee, J. & Maerki, D. 2012. Cupressus butanoensis, (Silba) Malone & Bisbee, a new cypress species. Bulletin of the Cupressus Conservation Project 2: 55–59. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cupressus butanoensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 9. Reference page.  (relegating Cupressus butanoensis into synonymy of Hesperocyparis abramsiana without explanation)

Vernacular names

English: Butano Ridge Cypress

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