Cupressus nootkatensis

Cupressus nootkatensis, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Cupressus nootkatensis D.Don in A.B.Lambert, Descr. Pinus 2: 18 (1824).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Callitropsis nootkatensis (D.Don) Oerst., Frilands-Traevaext. 1: 17 (1864).
  • Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D.Don) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 11: 333 (1841).
  • Xanthocyparis nootkatensis (D.Don) Farjon & D.K.Harder, Novon 12: 188 (2002).
• Heterotypic
  • Thuja excelsa Bong., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 164 (1832).
  • Cupressus nutkatensis Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 165 (1838), orth. var.
  • Cupressus americana Trautv., Pl. Imag. Descr. Fl. Russ.: 12 (1844).
  • Chamaecyparis nutkaensis Lindl. & Gordon, J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 207 (1850), orth. var.
  • Chamaecyparis nootkatensis var. glauca Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1855: 18 (1855).
  • Thujopsis borealis Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 113 (1855).
  • Thujopsis tchugatskoyae Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 113 (1855).
  • Cupressus nootkatensis var. glauca (Regel) G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 711 (1864).
  • Thujopsis cupressoides Carrière in H.A.Jacques & F.Hérincq, Man. Gén. Pl. 4: 324 (1865).
  • Chamaecyparis excelsa Fisch. ex Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 127 (1867).
  • Cupressus nootkatensis var. compacta Gordon, Pinetum, ed. 2: 425 (1875).
  • Chamaecyparis nootkatensis var. pendula G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 1: 304 (1884).
  • Chamaecyparis nootkatensis var. glabra Van Geert in C.J.É.Morren & A.de Vos, Ind. Bibl. Hort. Belg.: 34 (1887), nom. nud.
  • Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. pendula (G.Nicholson) Beissn., Handb. Conif.: 13 (1887).
  • Chamaecyparis nootkatensis var. variegata Van Houtte in C.J.É.Morren & A.de Vos, Ind. Bibl. Hort. Belg.: 34 (1887), nom. nud.
  • Cupressus nootkatensis var. lutea Webster, Hardy Conif. Trees: 44 (1896).
  • Cupressus nootkatensis var. pendula (G.Nicholson) Webster, Hardy Conif. Trees: 44 (1896).
  • Chamaecyparis nootkatensis pendens Sudw., Bull. Div. Forest. U.S.D.A. 13: 81 (1897).
  • Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. viridis-pendula Beissn., Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 19: 140 (1910).
  • Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. compacta (Gordon) Rehder, Bibl. Cult. Trees: 51 (1949).
  • Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. glauca (Regel) Rehder, Bibl. Cult. Trees: 51 (1949).
  • Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. lutea (Webster) Rehder, Bibl. Cult. Trees: 51 (1949).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Alaska. Regional: Western Canada British Columbia. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Oregon, Washington. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Continental: Antarctic Regional: Subantarctic Islands Kerguelen (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lambert, A.B. (with contributions by Don, D. & Bauer, F.L.) 1824. Description of the genus Pinus: illustrated with figures, directions relative to the cultivation, and remarks on the uses of the several species: also descriptions of many other trees of the family of Coniferæ ... to which is added an appendix containing descriptions and figures of some other remarkable plants, and an account of the Lambertian herbarium. [Volume Two]. vi + 42 pp, 17 tab. London: J. White. BHL Reference page. : 18.
• Yang, Y., Ferguson, D.K., Liu, B., Mao, K.-S., Gao, L.-M., Zhang, S.-Z., Wan, T., Rushforth, K.D. & Zhang, Z.-X. 2022. Recent advances on phylogenomics of gymnosperms and an updated classification. Plant Diversity 44(4): 340–350. DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2022.05.003 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Little, D.P., Schwarzbach, A.E., Adams, R.P. & Hsieh, C.-F. 2004. The circumscription and phylogenetic relationships of Callitropsis and the newly described genus Xanthocyparis (Cupressaceae). American Journal of Botany 91(11): 1872–1881. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.11.1872 . Reference page. 
• Xiang, Q.P. & Li, J.H. 2005. Derivation of Xanthocyparis and Juniperus from within Cupressus: Evidence from Sequences of nrDNA Internal Transcribed Spacer Region. Harvard Papers in Botany 9(2): 375–382. JSTOR 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. 2022. Cupressus nootkatensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Cupressus nootkatensis. 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 June 15. Reference page. 
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Callitropsis nootkatensis. Accessed: 2024 June 15.

Vernacular names

català: Xiprer de Nootka
Cymraeg: Cypreswydden Nootka
dansk: Nutka-Cypres
Deutsch: Nootka-Scheinzypresse
English: Nootka Cypress
español: Ciprés de Nootka
suomi: Nutkansypressi
français: Cyprès de Nootka
hornjoserbsce: Nutkowa cypresa
magyar: Nutka ciprus
íslenska: Alaskasýprus
italiano: Cipresso di Nootka
lietuvių: Nutkinis geltkiparisis
Nederlands: Nootkacipres
norsk: Nutkasypress
polski: Cyprysik nutkajski
русский: Кипарис нутканский
svenska: Nutkacypress
Tiếng Việt: Bách Nootka

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