Cupressus torulosa

Cupressus torulosa, between Manali and Leh, Himachal Pradesh, India

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Pinales 

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

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

Name edit

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

Synonymy edit

  • Homotypic
    • Cupressus lusitanica subsp. torulosa (D.Don) Silba & Brian Chen, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12: 85 (2005).
  • Heterotypic
    • Cupressus nepalensis Loudon, Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 1118 (1842).
    • Cupressus tournefortii Ten., Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1853: 4 (1853).
    • Cupressus torulosa var. viridis Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 118 (1855).
    • Thuja curviramea Miq., Cat. Hort. Amstelod.: 21 (1857).
    • Cupressus torulosa var. nana Gordon & Glend., Pinetum: 71 (1858).
    • Athrotaxis joucadan Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 55 (1867).
    • Cupressus torulosa var. juniperoides Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 152 (1867).
    • Cupressus torulosa var. microcarpa Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 153 (1867).
    • Cupressus torulosa var. tournefortii (Ten.) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 152 (1867).
    • Juniperus pendula Parl. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 470 (1868), pro syn.
    • Cupressus balfouriana W.Bull, Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 60: 45 (1871).
    • Cupressus doniana Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 645 (1888).
    • Cupressus karnaliensis Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1: 19 (1994).
    • Cupressus karnaliensis var. mustangensis Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1: 22 (1994).
    • Cupressus karnaliensis subsp. mustangensis (Silba) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12: 78 (2005).
    • Cupressus lusitanica subsp. kuluensis Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12: 84 (2005).
    • Cupressus pakistanensis Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 4 (2008).
    • Cupressus torulosa subsp. karnaliensis (Silba) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 18: 26 (2011).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: China
      • Tibet.
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

  • 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

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Vernacular names edit

English: Himalayan Cypress
suomi: Himalajansypressi
Türkçe: Himalaya servisi
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