- Family:
- Cupressaceae Gray
- Genus:
- Cupressus L.
Cupressus sempervirens L.

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1300–2700 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Cundinamarca.
- Habit
- Tree.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Ciprés
[EDGE]
Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.
- Conservation
- Cupressus sempervirens is rated as Least Concerned (LC) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -8.14, which places it in position 900 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 5.82, ranked 610. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- ciprés, pino
[UPFC]
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Fuel
- Used for fuels.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
- Use Poisons
- Poisons.
Native to:
Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Palestine, Turkey
Introduced into:
Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Krym, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia
- Chamaecyparis thujiformis R.Sm. ex Gordon
- Cupressus conoidea Spadoni
- Cupressus elongata Salisb.
- Cupressus expansa Targ.Tozz. ex Steud.
- Cupressus fastigiata DC.
- Cupressus foemina Garsault
- Cupressus globulifera Parl.
- Cupressus horizontalis Mill.
- Cupressus lugubris Salisb.
- Cupressus mariae Sennen
- Cupressus mas Garsault
- Cupressus orientalis Beissn.
- Cupressus patula Pers.
- Cupressus pyramidalis O.Targ.Tozz.
- Cupressus roylei Carrière
- Cupressus sempervirens subsp. horizontalis (Mill.) A.Camus
- Cupressus sempervirens var. indica Parl.
- Cupressus sempervirens subsp. indica (Parl.) Silba
- Cupressus sphaerocarpa Parl.
- Cupressus stricta Mill. ex Gordon & Glend.
- Cupressus thujifolia Knight ex Gordon & Glend.
- Cupressus thujiformis Parker ex Gordon
- Cupressus thujioides H.Low ex Gordon
- Cupressus umbilicata Parl.
- Cupressus whitleyana Carrière
- Juniperus whitleyana Miq.
- English
- Italian Cypress
Cupressus sempervirens L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2001 | Kotschy [327], Lebanon | K000088010 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2001 | Sintenis, P.E.E. [506], Cyprus | K000088120 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Bourgeau, E. [5337], Greece | K000088124 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Kennedy, E.W. [1532], Cyprus | K000088126 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Kennedy, E.W. [1870], Cyprus | K000088125 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Fowler, S.V. [s.n.], Syria | K000088014 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Archibald, J.C. [2319], Iran | K000088013 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Furse, P. [2865], Iran | K000088128 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Pampanini, R. [N106], Libya | K000088119 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Davis, P.H. [49998], Libya | K000088116 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Gimingham, C.H. [86], Libya | K000088117 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Bowles Scholarship Bot. Exped. [837], Iran | K000088129 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Karamanli, K. el [908], Libya | K000088118 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Chapman, G.W. [29], Syria | K000088130 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Davis, P.H. [40347], Greece | K000088122 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Heldreich, T.H.H. von [s.n.], Greece | K000088123 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Andersen, J.S. [217], Iran | K000088127 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Polunin, O. [5266], Lebanon | K000088131 | No | ||
May 1, 1999 | Davis, P.H. [40481], Greece | K000088121 | No | ||
Jun 5, 1995 | Davis, P.H. [14065], Turkey | K000088009 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1995 | Balansa, B. [s.n.], Turkey | K000088012 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1995 | Davis, P.H. [25818], Turkey | K000088011 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1995 | Davis, P.H. [41150], Turkey | K000088015 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1995 | Davis, P.H. [41377], Turkey | K000088016 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1995 | Davis, P.H. [25933], Turkey | K000075102 | No | ||
Jun 1, 1995 | Davis, P.H. [56383], Iran | K000088008 | No | ||
73791.000 | No |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 1002 (1753)
Accepted by
- Aymerich, P. (2019). Notes sobre flora allòctona a Catalunya. II Butlletí de la Institució Catalana dHistòria Natural 83: 3-21.
- Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- 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.
- Greuter, W. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2012). Med-Checklist Notulae, 31 Willdenowia 42: 287-295.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2019. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
- IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
- PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
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- RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.
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EDGE Gymnosperms
EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Living Collection Database
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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Kew Science Photographs
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
ColPlantA database
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
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