Callitris

Callitris rhomboidea, Woronora Reserve, Barden Ridge, NSW, Australia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Callitroideae
Genus: Callitris
Species: C. acuminata – C. arenaria – C. baileyi – C. canescens – C. columellaris – C. drummondii – C. endlicheri – C. gracilis – C. macleayana – C. monticola – C. muelleri – C. neocaledonica – C. oblonga – C. pancheri – C. preissii – C. pyramidalis – C. rhomboidea – C. roei – C. sulcata – C. verrucosa

Name

Callitris Vent. Dec. Gen. Nov. 10 (1808)

• Typus: Callitris rhomboidea R.Br. ex Rich. & A.Rich. Comm. Bot. Conif. Cycad. 47, t. 18. (1826) Neotype designated by Bullock, Taxon 6: 227 (1957).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Actinostrobus Miq., J.G.C.Lehmann, Pl. Preiss. 1: 644 (1845)
  • Callitropsis Compton, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 45: 432 (1922), nom. illeg.
  • Cyparissia Hoffmanns., Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 1833: 20 (1833)
  • Frenela Mirb., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 30 (1825)
  • Leichhardtia T.Steph. ex Gordon, Pinetum, Suppl.: 40 (1862), nom. illeg.
  • Neocallitropsis Florin, Palaeontographica, Abt. B, Paläophytol. 85: 590 (1944)
  • Nothocallitris A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan, Komarovia 4: 84 (2006)
  • Octoclinis F.Muell., Trans. & Proc. Philos. Inst. Victoria 2: 21 (1858).
    

Note: Above synonymy is almost universally accepted and WS follows the consensus.

References

• Ventenat, E.P. 1808. Decas Generum Novorum, aut parum cognitorum: 10.
• Callitris in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2022. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2022 Feb. 27.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Callitris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb. 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Callitris. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 27 2017.
• Piggin, J. & Bruhl, J.J. 2010. Phylogeny reconstruction of Callitris Vent.(Cupressaceae) and its allies leads to inclusion of Actinostrobus within Callitris. Australian Systematic Botany 23 (2): 69-93. DOI: 10.1071/SB09044 Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2017. Callitris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Feb. 2017.

Vernacular names

čeština: Sandarakovec
Deutsch: Schmuckzypressen
English: Cypress-pine
Esperanto: Kalitriso
فارسی: سروکاج‌ها
suomi: Sädesypressit
hrvatski: Kalitris
перем коми: Каллитрис
коми: Каллитрис
кырык мары: Каллитрис
norsk: Callitrisslekten
polski: Żywiczlin
русский: Каллитрис
Ikinyarwanda: Callitrisi
удмурт: Каллитрис

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