Cupressus tortulosa

Taxonavigation

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

Cupressus tortulosa Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 26 (1854), "tortulosus".

Lectotype: Bhutan: Dewangiri [now Deothang], Samdrup Jongkhar District, 6.1.1838, Griffith 27 (K [K000088093]) (designated by Maerki 2014).
Syntypes: Griffith, Ic. Pl. Asiat. 4: tab. 372; Griffith 529.
Epitype: s l., s.d., Griffith 1001/1 (P [P06489919]) (designated by Maerki 2014).

Replaced synonym
- Cupressus pendula Griff., Itin. Pl. Khasyah Mts.: 143 (1848), nom. illeg. non Thunb. 1784.
Homotypic
- Cupressus corneyana Knight & Perry, Syn. Conif. Pl.: 19 (1850), nom. nud.
- Cupressus corneyana Knight & Perry ex Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 128 (1855). Accepted name by WCSP (2020)
  - Cupressus torulosa var. corneyana (Knight & Perry ex Carrière) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 151 (1867).
Heterotypic
- Cupressus himalaica Silba, Phytologia 64: 80 (1987).
  - Typus: Bhutan: Norbding, below Pele La, 2250 m, Grierson & Long 1079 (E).
  - Cupressus cashmeriana subsp. himalaica (Silba) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12: 56 (2005).
  - Cupressus torulosa subsp. himalaica (Silba) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc., rev. vers. 16(1): 49 (2009).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya (Bhutan). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Griffith, W. (†). 1854. Notulae ad plantas asiaticas. (Arranged by M'Clelland, J.) Part IV: Dicotyledonous plants. XLI + 764 pp. Charles A. Serrao, Calcutta. BHL Reference page.

Farjon, A. 2010. (1920) Proposal to reject the name Cupressus tortulosa (Cupressaceae). Taxon 59(1): 297. DOI: 10.1002/tax.591032 Reference page. [Votes: 2–13–3 (not recommended)]
Maerki, D. 2017. Comments on the decision of the Nomenclatural Committee on the proposal to reject Cupressus tortulosa Griff. Bulletin of the Cupressus Conservation Project 6(2): 43–48. Full issue PDF Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cupressus tortulosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct 3. Reference page. (as Cupressus corneyana)