Cupressus
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Cupressus

cypress

Hierarchical position of the Genus Cupressus

   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
  
   Subfamilia  Cupressoideae Rich. ex Sweet
pub. Hort. Brit.: 372. Sep-Oct 1826.
  
   Tribus  Cupresseae Rich. ex Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 9. 1827.
  
   Subtribus  Cupressinae Eichler in Mart.
pub. Fl. Bras. 4: 421, 427. 10 Jul 1863.
  
   Genus  Cupressus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: cypress
  

Named members of the Genus Cupressus

1
   Species  abramsiana C.B. Wolf
common name: Santa Cruz Island cypress
2
   Species  arizonica Greene
common name: Arizona cypress
  
 
3
   Subspecies  arizonica
common name: Arizona cypress
4
   Varietas  glabra (Sudsworth) Little
syn. Cupressus arizonica ssp. arizonica
5
   Subspecies  nevadensis (Abrams) E. Murray
common name: Piute cypress
6
   Varietas  nevadensis (Abrams) Little
syn. Cupressus arizonica ssp. nevadensis
7
   Subspecies  stephensonii (C.B. Wolf) Beauchamp
common name: Cuyamaca cypress
8
   Varietas  stephensonii (C.B. Wolf) Little
syn. Cupressus arizonica ssp. stephensonii
9
   Species  bakeri Jepson
 
10
   Subspecies  matthewsii C.B. Wolf
syn. Cupressus bakeri
11
   Species  forbesii Jepson
common name: tecate cypress
12
   Species  glabra Sudsworth
syn. Cupressus arizonica ssp. arizonica
common name: Arizona cypress
  
13
   Species  goveniana Gord.
 
14
   Varietas  abramsiana (C.B. Wolf) Little
syn. Cupressus abramsiana
15
   Subspecies  goveniana
common name: Gowen cypress
16
   Subspecies  pygmaea (Lemmon) Bartel
common name: pygmy cypress
17
   Varietas  pygmaea Lemmon
syn. Cupressus goveniana ssp. pygmaea
common name: cypress
18
   Species  guadalupensis S. Wats.
common name: Guadalupe cypress
  
 
19
   Subspecies  forbesii (Jepson) Beauchamp
syn. Cupressus forbesii
20
   Varietas  forbesii (Jepson) Little
syn. Cupressus forbesii
21
   Species  lawsoniana A. Murr.
syn. Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
22
   Species  macnabiana A. Murr.
 
23
   Varietas  nevadensis (Abrams) Abrams
syn. Cupressus arizonica ssp. nevadensis
24
   Species  macrocarpa Hartw. ex Gord.
common name: Monterey cypress
  
25
   Species  nevadensis Abrams
syn. Cupressus arizonica ssp. nevadensis
26
   Species  nootkatensis D. Don
syn. Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
27
   Species  pygmaea (Lemmon) Sarg.
syn. Cupressus goveniana ssp. pygmaea
28
   Species  sargentii Jepson
common name: Sargent's cypress
29
   Species  sempervirens L.
common name: Italian cypress
  
30
   Species  stephensonii C.B. Wolf
syn. Cupressus arizonica ssp. stephensonii

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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