Cunninghamia

Cunninghamia lanceolata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Cunninghamioideae
Genus: Cunninghamia
Species: C. konishii – C. lanceolata

Paleospecies: †C. chaneyi

Name

Cunninghamia R.Br. in A.Richard (ed.), Comm. Bot. Conif. Cycad. 80: 149 (1826), nom. cons.

• Type species: Cunninghamia sinensis Rich. in A.Richard, Comm. Bot. Conif. Cycad. 80, pl. 18, f. 3., a superfluous name for Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook. Bot. Mag. 54: , pl. 2743. (1827).
  

Note: Some authorities include C. konishii as Cunninghamia lanceolata var. konishii (Hayata) Fujita, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 22: 49, 476. (1932), but see Govaerts et al., 2017, Averyanov et al., 2014 and the Discussion Page.

Synonymy

• Replaced synonym
  • Belis Salisb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 315 (1807).
• Heterotypic
  • Jacularia Raf., Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 8: 247 (1832).
  • Raxopitys J.Nelson, Pinaceae: 97 (1866).

Homonyms

• Cunninghamia Schreb. Gen. Pl. 789. (1791) (Rubiaceae) nom. rej. against Cunninghamia R.Br. (1826)

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1826. Commentatio botanica de Conifereis et Cycadeis 80–82, 149–150, t. 18, f. 3.

Additional references

• Averyanov, L.V., Nguyên, T.H., Nguyen, K.S., Pham, V.T., Lamxay, V., Bounphanmy, S., Lorphengsy, S., Lôc, P.K., Lanorsavanh, S. & Chantthavongsa, K. 2014. Gymnosperms of Laos. Nordic Journal of Botany 32(6): 765–805. DOI: 10.1111/njb.00498 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Meyer, H.W. & Manchester, S.R. 1997. The Oligocene Bridge Creek flora of the John Day Formation, Oregon. University of California Publications in the Geological Sciences 141: 1–364. ISBN 978-0-520-09816-9. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Cunninghamia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Feb. 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Cunninghamia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 25 2017.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Cunninghamia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Feb. 2017.

Vernacular names

dansk: Cunninghamia
Deutsch: Spießtanne
English: China-fir
suomi: Keihäskuuset
português: Cunninghamia

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