Cupressaceae

Hesperocyparis Bartel & R.A.Price

First published in Phytologia 91: 179 (2009)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is W. & S. Central U.S.A. to Central America.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, Belize, California, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Oregon, Texas

Introduced into:

Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Argentina Northeast, Comoros, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., France, Free State, Great Britain, Hawaii, Ireland, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Mauritius, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Portugal, Réunion, Sicilia, South Australia, Spain, St.Helena, Sudan, Tasmania, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Chase, M.W. (2017). Plants of the World. An illustrated encyclopedia of vascular plants: 1-792. Kew Publishing, The university of Chicago Press.
  • Zhu, A., Fan, W.S., Adams, R.P. & Mower, J.P. (2018). Phylogenomic evidence for ancient recombination between plastid genomes of the Cupressus-Juniperus-Xanthocyparis complex (Cupressaceae). BioMed Central Evolutionary Biology 18(137): 1-10.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Christenhusz, M.J.M., Reveal, J.L., Farjon, A., Gardner, M.F., Mill, R.R. & Chase, M.W. (2011). A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms. Phytotaxa 19: 55-70. [Cited as Cupressus.]
  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Cupressus.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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 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