Hesperocyparis
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Hesperocyparis macrocarpa, Monterey cypress | |
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Genus: | Hesperocyparis Bartel & R. A. Price
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Hesperocyparis (western cypress)[1] is a genus of trees in the family Cupressaceae, containing North American species otherwise assigned to the genus Cupressus.[2] It contains the following species:[2]
- Hesperocyparis abramsiana (C. B. Wolf) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis arizonica (Greene) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis bakeri (Jeps.) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis benthamii (Endl.) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis forbesii (Jeps.) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis glabra (Sudw.) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis goveniana (Gordon) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis guadalupensis (S. Watson) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis lusitanica (Mill.) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis macnabiana (A. Murray bis) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis montana (Wiggins) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis nevadensis (Abrams) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis pigmaea (Lemmon) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis sargentii (Jeps.) Bartel
- Hesperocyparis stephensonii (Jeps.) Bartel
References
- ^ NRCS. "Hesperocyparis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ a b Robert P. Adams, Jim A. Bartel & Robert A. Price (2009). "A new genus, Hesperocyparis, for the cypresses of the Western Hemisphere" (PDF). Phytologia. 91 (1): 160–185.