Cupressaceae
Chamaecyparis

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A.Murray bis) Parl.

First published in Ann. Mus. Imp. Fis. Firenze 1: 181 (1864)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Oregon to NW. California. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is has environmental uses and as a medicine.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): NT.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/34004/2840024

Conservation
NT - near threatened
[IUCN]

Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.

Conservation
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana is rated as Near Threatened (NT) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -3.19, which places it in position 541 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 10.25, ranked 181. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.
[EDGE]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

English
Lawson Cypress, Lawson Cypress Cultivar, Scarab Cypress

Sources

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    • EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0