Taxonavigation

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Cupressoideae
Genus: Cupressus
Species: C. abramsiana – C. arizonica – C. atlantica – C. austrotibetica – C. bakeri – C. benthamii – C. butanoensis – C. cashmeriana – C. chengiana – C. duclouxiana – C. dupreziana – C. forbesii – C. funebris – C. gigantea – C. glabra – C. goveniana – C. guadalupensis – C. lusitanica – C. macnabiana – C. macrocarpa – C. montana – C. nevadensis – C. nootkatensis – C. pygmaea – C. revealiana – C. sargentii – C. sempervirens – C. stephensonii – C. tonkinensis – C. torulosa – C. vietnamensis

Name

Cupressus L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1002. (1753)

• Type species: Cupressus sempervirens L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1002. (1753)
  

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum, Tomus II: 1002.
• Adams, R.P., Bartel, J.A. & Price, R.A. 2009. A new genus, Hesperocyparis, for the cypresses of the Western Hemisphere (Cupressaceae). Phytologia 91(1): 160-185. Full text from ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Adams, R.P. 2018. Evolution of dioecious/monecious taxa in Juniperus, contrasted with Cupressus, Hesperocyparis, Callitropsis and Xanthocyparis (Cupressaceae). Phytologia 100(4): 248–255. PDF Reference page. 
• Christenhusz, M.J.M., Reveal, J.L., Farjon, A., Gardner, M.F., Mill, R.R. & Chase, M.W. 2011. A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms. Phytotaxa 19: 55–70. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.3 . Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cupressus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Jan. 18.
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Cupressus. Published online. Accessed Feb. 25 2017.
• Little, D.P. 2006. Evolution and Circumscription of the True Cypresses (Cupressaceae: Cupressus) Systematic Botany. 31 (3): 461–480. DOI: 10.1043/05-33.1 Reference page. 
• Mao, K., Hao, G., Liu, J.Q., Adams, R.P. & Milne, R.I. 2010. Diversification and biogeography of Juniperus (Cupressaceae): variable diversification rates and multiple intercontinental dispersals. New Phytologist 188(1): 254–272 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03351.x PDF. Reference page. 
• Mao, K., Ruhsam, M., Ma, Y., Graham, S.W., Liu, J., Thomas, P., Milne, R.I. & Hollingsworth, P.M. 2019. A transcriptome-based resolution for a key taxonomic controversy in Cupressaceae. Annals of Botany 123(1): 153-167. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy152 Reference page. 
• Terry, R.G. & Adams, R.P. 2015. A molecular re-examination of phylogenetic relationships among Juniperus, Cupressus, and the Hesperocyparis–Callitropsis–Xanthocyparis clades of Cupressaceae. Phytologia 97(1): 66-74. Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Cupressus . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Feb. 25.
• Xiang, Q. & Li, J. 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. 
• Zhu, A., Fan, W., Adams, R.P. & Mower, J.P. 2018. Phylogenomic evidence for ancient recombination between plastid genomes of the Cupressus-Juniperus-Xanthocyparis complex (Cupressaceae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 18(1): 137. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1258-2 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN link: Cupressus threatened species
• Cupressus Conservation Project
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cupressus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2013-12-06.

Vernacular names

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