Chamaecyparis
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Chamaecyparis

cedar
false cypress

Hierarchical position of the Genus Chamaecyparis

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Pinophyta Cronquist
syn. Coniferophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: conifers, gymnosperms
  
   Subdivisio  Pinophytina Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Classis  Pinopsida Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 483, 1090. Jun 1835.
common name: Conifers
  
   Subclassis  Pinidae Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 134. Apr 1966.
  
   Ordo  Cupressales Bromhead
pub. 1838
  
   Familia  Cupressaceae Rich. ex Bartl.
pub. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 90, 95. Sep 1830.
common name: cypress
  
   Genus  Chamaecyparis Spach
common name: cedar
  

Named members of the Genus Chamaecyparis

1
   Species  henryae Li
syn. Chamaecyparis thyoides
2
   Species  lawsoniana (A. Murr.) Parl.
common name: Port Orford cedar, Lawson false cypress
  
3
   Species  nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach
common name: Alaska cedar
4
   Species  obtusa (Siebold & Zucc.) Siebold & Zucc. ex End
common name: hinoki false cypress
  
5
   Species  thyoides (L.) B.S.P.
common name: white cedar, coastal plain cedar
  
 
6
   Varietas  henryae (Li) Little
syn. Chamaecyparis thyoides

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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