Platycladus

Platycladus orientalis, Simatai, near Beijing, China

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Cupressoideae
Genus: Platycladus
Species: P. orientalis

Name

Platycladus Spach

• Type species: Platycladus stricta Spach = Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Biota (D.Don) Endl., Syn. Conif.: 46 (1847), nom. illeg.

References

• Spach, E. 1841. Histoire naturelle des végétaux: Phanérogames 11: 333 (1841).
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Platycladus 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. Platycladus. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 25 2017. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Platycladus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Feb. 2017. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• dansk: Livstræ-slægten
• Deutsch: Morgenländischer Lebensbaum
• English: Chinese Arborvitae
• español: Árbol de la vida
• français: Thuya de Chine
• português: Tuia-da-china
• Türkçe: Doğu mazısı

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