Cupressus chengiana

Cupressus chengiana (cultivated)

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Cupressus chengiana is listed as Vulnerable.

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Cupressus chengiana S.Y.Hu, Taiwania 10: 57 (1964).

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Chamaecyparis chengiana (S.Y.Hu) Gaussen, Trav. Lab. Forest. Toulouse 2(13): 58, 70 (1968), sine relat. loc.
• Heterotypic
  • Cupressus chengiana var. wenchuanhsiensis Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1: 25 (1994).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (S. Gansu, N. & W. Sichuan) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hu, S.-Y. 1964. Notes on the Flora of China IV. Taiwania: Science Reports of the National Taiwan University 10(1): 13–62. DOI: 10.6165/tai.1964.10.13 . Taiwania (PDF) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Farjon, A. 1998. World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-025-0. Reference page. 
• Fu, L.-K., Yu, Y.F., Adams, R.P. & Farjon, A. 1999. Cupressus. Pp. 65–67 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-70-3. efloras PDF Reference page. 
• Little, D.P. 2006. Evolution and circumscription of the true Cypresses (Cupressaceae: Cupressus). Systematic Botany 31(3): 461–480. DOI: 10.1600/036364406778388638 BioOne JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cupressus chengiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Dec 5. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Cupressus chengiana. Published online. Accessed: 5 Dec 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cupressus chengiana. Accessed: 5 Dec 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Cupressus chengiana. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Dec 5. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Cheng's Cypress
中文: 岷江柏木

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