Family:
Cupressaceae Gray
Genus:
Chamaecyparis Spach

Chamaecyparis pisifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Japan (S. Honshu, Central Kyushu).

[EDGE]

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

Conservation
Chamaecyparis pisifera is rated as Least Concerned (LC) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -7.31, which places it in position 738 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 13.35, ranked 176. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

Japan

Introduced into:

Great Britain, Ireland, Korea, New York

Chamaecyparis pisifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 6, 1999 Siebold, P.F. von [s.n.], Honshu K000087973 isotype Yes
Dec 1, 1999 Savatier, L. [s.n.], Japan K000087972 No
Dec 1, 1999 Wilson, E.H. [7758], Japan K000087971 No
Dec 1, 1999 Oldham, R. [401], Japan K000087974 No
Maximowicz, C.J. [s.n.], Honshu K001090467 Yes

First published in Syn. Conif.: 64 (1847)

Accepted by

  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 1: 1-526. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542. New York Botanical Garden.

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