Cupressoideae

Cupressus macrocarpa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Cupressoideae
Genera: Callitropsis – Calocedrus – Chamaecyparis – Cupressus – Fokienia – Juniperus – Hesperocyparis – Microbiota – Platycladus – Tetraclinis – Thuja – Thujopsis – Xanthocyparis

Paleogenera: †Fokieniopsis

Name

Cupressoideae Sweet, Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 372. (1826)

• Type genus: Cupressus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1002. (1753)
  
• Note: Sweet did not provide a description/diagnosis. His reference to Richard, L.C.M., Comm. Bot. Conif. Cycad.: 137 (1826), as sect. Cupressinae, provides a description for the valid publication of Cupressoideae.
• Note: The evidence presented by Mao et al. (2019) and Yang et al. (2022) strongly support segregating Cupressus s.s., Hesperocyparis s.s., Xanthocyparis s.s. and also Callitropsis s.s from Cupressus s.l. However, one of our editors rejects this evidence and in order to prevent edit conflicts the list of genera suggests Mao et al. (2019) and Yang et al. (2022), but redirects point to Cupressus s.l. for now.

References

Primary references

• Sweet, R. 1826. Sweet’s Hortus Britannicus: or a catalogue of plants cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, arranged in natural orders. 492 pp. in 2 parts, London: J. Ridgway. Part I (pp. 1–240) Part II (pp. 241–492) Reference page. 

Additional references

• Adams, R.P. 2018. Evolution of dioecious/monecious taxa in Juniperus, contrasted with Cupressus, Hesperocyparis, Callitropsis and Xanthocyparis (Cupressaceae). Phytologia 100(4): 248–255. PDF Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Gadek, P.A., Alpers, D.L., Heslewood, M.M. & Quinn, C.J. 2000. Relationships within Cupressaceae sensu lato: a combined morphological and molecular approach. American Journal of Botany 87(7): 1044–1057. DOI: 10.2307/2657004 Reference page. 
• Mao, K.-S., Hao, G., Liu, J.Q., Adams, R.P. & Milne, R.I. 2010. Diversification and biogeography of Juniperus (Cupressaceae): variable diversification rates and multiple intercontinental dispersals. New Phytologist 188(1): 254–272. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03351.x PDF. Reference page. 
• Mao, K.-S., Ruhsam, M., Ma, Y., Graham, S.W., Liu, J.Q., Thomas, P., Milne, R.I. & Hollingsworth, P.M. 2019. A transcriptome-based resolution for a key taxonomic controversy in Cupressaceae. Annals of Botany 123(1): 153–167. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy152 Reference page. 
• Terry, R.G. & Adams, R.P. 2015. A molecular re-examination of phylogenetic relationships among Juniperus, Cupressus, and the Hesperocyparis–Callitropsis–Xanthocyparis clades of Cupressaceae. Phytologia 97(1): 66–74. PDF BHL Reference page. 
• Xiang, Q.P. & Li, J.H. 2005. Derivation of Xanthocyparis and Juniperus from within Cupressus: Evidence from Sequences of nrDNA Internal Transcribed Spacer Region. Harvard Papers in Botany 9(2): 375–382. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Zhu, A., Fan, W., Adams, R.P. & Mower, J.P. 2018. Phylogenomic evidence for ancient recombination between plastid genomes of the Cupressus-Juniperus-Xanthocyparis complex (Cupressaceae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 18(137): 1–10. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1258-2 Reference page. 
• Yang, Y., Ferguson, D.K., Liu, B., Mao, K.-S., Gao, L.-M., Zhang, S.-Z., Wan, T., Rushforth, K.D. & Zhang, Z.-X. 2022. Recent advances on phylogenomics of gymnosperms and an updated classification. Plant Diversity 44(4): 340–350. DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2022.05.003 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. subfam. Cupressoideae. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 23 2017.

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