Cupressus pygmaea

Taxonavigation

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

Cupressus pygmaea (Lemmon) Sarg., Bot. Gaz. 31: 239 (1901).

Basionym
- Cupressus goveniana var. pygmaea Lemmon, Cone-bear. Trees Pacif. Slope, ed. 3: 77 (1895). ("pigm a", but pygmæa in contents)
Homotypic
- Cupressus goveniana subsp. pygmaea (Lemmon) A.Camus, Les cyprès 2: 50 (1914).
- Callitropsis pygmaea (Lemmon) D.P.Little, Syst. Bot. 31: 474 (2006). ("pigmaea", orth. err.)
- Neocupressus goveniana var. pygmaea (Lemmon) de Laub., Novon 19: 303 (2009).
- Hesperocyparis goveniana var. pygmaea (Lemmon) de Laub., Novon 22: 13 (2012).
- Hesperocyparis pygmaea (Lemmon) Bartel, Phytologia 91: 182 (2009).
Heterotypic
- Cupressus silbae B.Huang bis, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 10 (2008).

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, 2^nd Edition

Lemmon, J.G. 1895. Handbook of West-American cone-bearers. 3rd ed., 104 pp. Oakland, Cal. BHL Reference page. (basionym).
Sargent, C.S. 1901. New or Little Known North American Trees. III. Botanical Gazette 31(4): 217–240. JSTOR BHL Reference page.

Wolf, C.B. 1948. Taxonomic And Distributional Studies Of The New World Cypresses. Aliso 1(1): 1–250. PDF Reference page. (!195–205).
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.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cupressus pygmaea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 1. Reference page.

English: Mendocino Cypress