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* Conifer Specialist Group 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/32336/all Cupressus gigantea]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 10 July 2007. |
* Conifer Specialist Group 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/32336/all Cupressus gigantea]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627000000/http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 10 July 2007. |
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Cupressus gigantea, the Tibetan cypress, is a species of conifer in the Cupressaceae family in Asia.
Distribution
It is endemic and found only in Southeast Tibet - China. Populations are concentrated along the Yarlung Tsangpo River. Cupressus gigantea is the biggest of all Cupressus species.
King Cypress
The biggest known specimen is famous King Cypress, about 50 meters high, 5.8 meters in diameter, 0.165-acre (670 m2) of crown-projection-area; and calculated age of 2,600 years.
Sources
- Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Cupressus gigantea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
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