Thuja occidentalis

Thuja occidentalis foliage & cones, Tettegouche State Park, Minnesota, USA

Thuja occidentalis trees, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Cupressoideae
Genus: Thuja
Species: Thuja occidentalis

Name

Thuja occidentalis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1002 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Thuja procera Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 398 (1796), nom. superfl.
  • Thuja theophrasti Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 284 (1912), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Thuja odorata Marshall, Arbust. Amer.: 152 (1785)
  • Thuja obtusa Moench, Methodus: 691 (1794)
  • Cupressus arborvitae O.Targ.Tozz., Ann. Mus. Imp. Fis. Firenze, reimpr. 3-5: 71 (1810)
  • Thuja caucasica Gordon, Pinetum, Suppl.: 103 (1862)
  • Thuja sibirica Gordon, Pinetum, Suppl.: 104 (1862)
  • Thuja tatarica Gordon, Pinetum, Suppl.: 104 (1862)
  • Chamaecyparis boursieri Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 125 (1867), nom. illeg.
  • Retinispora dubia Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 141 (1867)
  • Retinispora meldensis Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 103 (1867)
  • Thuja devriesiana Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 141 (1867), pro syn.
  • Thuja triangularis Defresne ex Beer, Ber. Welt-Austell. Paris 5: 36 (1869)
  • Thuja canadensis K.Koch, Dendrologie 2(2): 175 (1873)
  • Retinispora devriesiana Mast., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 495 (1881)
  • Thuja occidentalis var. plicata Mast., Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 21: 258 (1897), nom. illeg.
  • Thuja occidentalis var. sempervirens Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cult. Evergreens: 223 (1923)
  • Thuja occidentalis f. gaspensis Vict. & J.Rousseau, Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 11 (1940)
  • Thuja occidentalis f. prostrata Vict. & J.Rousseau, Contr. Inst. Bot. Univ. Montréal 36: 9 (1940)

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1002. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Thuja occidentalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Aug. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Thuja occidentalis. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 15 2017.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Туя заходняя
čeština: Zerav západní
Deutsch: Abendländischer Lebensbaum
English: Northern Whitecedar
Esperanto: Okcidenta tujo
eesti: Harilik elupuu
suomi: Kanadantuija
français: Thuya occidental
hrvatski: Tuja
magyar: Nyugati tuja
italiano: Tuia occidentale
lietuvių: Vakarinė tuja
polski: Żywotnik zachodni
русский: Туя западная
svenska: Tuja
Türkçe: Batı mazısı

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