Chamaecyparis pisifera

Chamaecyparis pisifera, Oze National Park, Japan

Chamaecyparis pisifera (with Nucifraga caryocatactes), Mount Sanpoiwa, Japan

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Cupressoideae
Genus: Chamaecyparis
Species: C. pisifera

Name

Chamaecyparis pisifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl., Syn. Conif.: 64 (1847).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Retinispora pisifera Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap. 2: 39 (1844).
• Homotypic
  • Cupressus pisifera (Siebold & Zucc.) F.Muell. in K.H.E.Koch, Dendrologie 2(2): 170 (1873).
  • Thuja pisifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Mast., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 489 (1881).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Eastern Asia Japan (S. Honshu, C. Kyushu) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Endlicher, S.L. (1847). Synopsis Coniferarum 64.

Additional references

• Farjon, A. (2005). Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-068-4.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Chamaecyparis pisifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Chamaecyparis pisifera. Published online. Accessed: March 26 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Chamaecyparis pisifera. Accessed: 26 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Chamaecyparis pisifera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 26. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

dansk: Ærtecypres
Deutsch: Erbsenfrüchtige Scheinzypresse
English: Sawara Cypress
español: Ciprés de Sawara
eesti: Mägiebaküpress
suomi: Hernesypressi
galego: Ciprés de Sawara
日本語: サワラ
中文: 五彩松

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