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Cupressaceae

Cunninghamia R.Br.

First published in A.Richard (ed.), Comm. Bot. Conif. Cycad.: 149 (1826), nom. cons.

This genus is accepted

The native range of this genus is S. China to N. Indo-China, Taiwan.

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Native to:

China South-Central, China Southeast, Laos, Taiwan, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Cambodia, China North-Central, Hainan, Korea, Qinghai, St.Helena

Homotypic Synonyms

Belis Salisb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 315 (1807)
Cunninghamia A.Rich. in J.B.G. Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 5: 189 (1824), nom. illeg.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Jacularia Raf. in Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 8: 247 (1832)
Raxopitys J.Nelson in Pinaceae: 97 (1866)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

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 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0