Cupressus torulosa

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

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

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

Synonymy

• 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

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

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. 

Additional references

• Farjon, A. 1998. World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-025-0. 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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cupressus torulosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cupressus torulosa. Published online. Accessed: Jan 06 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cupressus torulosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Jan 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Himalayan Cypress
suomi: Himalajansypressi
Türkçe: Himalaya servisi

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