Cupressus forbesii

Cupressus forbesii, Coal Canyon, Orange County, California, USA

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Cupressoideae
Genus: Cupressus
Species: Cupressus forbesii

Name

Cupressus forbesii Jeps., Madroño 1: 75 (1922).

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Cupressus guadalupensis var. forbesii (Jeps.) Little, Phytologia 20: 435 (1970).
  • Cupressus guadalupensis subsp. forbesii (Jeps.) R.M.Beauch., Aliso 9: 191 (1978).
  • Callitropsis forbesii (Jeps.) D.P.Little, Syst. Bot. 31: 473 (2006).
  • Neocupressus guadalupensis var. forbesii (Jeps.) de Laub., Novon 19: 303 (2009).
  • Hesperocyparis forbesii (Jeps.) Bartel, Phytologia 91: 181 (2009).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest (Baja California). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Jepson, W.L. 1922. A New Species of Cypress. Madroño 1: 75. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Little, D.P. 2006. Evolution and circumscription of the true Cypresses (Cupressaceae: Cupressus). Systematic Botany 31(3): 461–480. DOI: 10.1600/036364406778388638 BioOne JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cupressus forbesii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cupressus forbesii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 1. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Tecate Cypress

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