Taxonavigation

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Cedrus
Species: C. deodara – C. libani

Name

Cedrus Trew, Cedr. Lib. Hist. 1: 6. 1757 nom. cons. (non Cedrus Duhamel, Traité Arbr. Arbust. 1: xxviii, 139. 1755.)

• Type species: Cedrus libani A.Rich.

References

• Trew, C.J. 1757. Cedrorum Libani historia 1: 6, nom. cons. [non Duhamel du Monceau, H.-L., 1755, Traité des Arbres et Arbustes 1: 139, nom. rej., = Juniperus L.].
• Fady, B., Lefèvre, F., Reynaud, M., Vendramin, G.G., Bou Dagher-Kharrat, M., Anzidei, M., Pastorelli, R., Savouré, A., & Bariteau, M. 2003. Gene flow among different taxonomic units: evidence from nuclear and cytoplasmic markers in Cedrus plantation forests. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 107(6): 1132–1138. DOI: 10.1007/s00122-003-1323-z . Reference page.  (supporting a wide concept of Cedrus libani).
• Qiao, C.-Y., Ran, J.-H., Li, Y. & Wang, X.Q. 2007. Phylogeny and Biogeography of Cedrus (Pinaceae) Inferred from Sequences of Seven Paternal Chloroplast and Maternal Mitochondrial DNA Regions. Annals of Botany 100(3): 573–580. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm134 Reference page. 
• Dagher-Kharrat, M.B., Mariette, S., Lefèvre, F., Fady, B., Grenier-de March, G., Plomion, C. & Savouré, A. 2007. Geographical diversity and genetic relationships among Cedrus species estimated by AFLP. Tree Genetics & Genomes 3(3): 275–285. DOI: 10.1007/s11295-006-0065-x . Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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