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065.0000 Family Cupressaceae Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 222 (1822), nom. cons.
ca. 30 genera, ca. 160 spp. Phylogeny see Yang et al. (2012)
Species listed in database: 146; hybrids: 11
= Actinostrobaceae Lotsy; Vortr. Bot. Stammesgesch. 3: 98 (1911)
= Arceuthidaceae A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Komarovia 4: 79 (2006)
= Athrotaxidoideae L.Chu Li; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 30(4): 339 (1992)
= Athrotaxidaceae Doweld; Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum xix (2001)
= Cryptomeriaceae Gorozh.; Lekts. Morf. Sist. Archegon. 88 (1904)
= Cunninghamiaceae Siebold & Zucc.; Fl. Jap. [Siebold] 2: 1, 3 (1842)
= Diselmaceae A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Komarovia 4: 96 (2006)
= Fitzroyaceae A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Komarovia 4: 80 (2006)
= Fitzroyaceae C.N.Page; Evol. Arbor. Gymnosperms 2: 41 (2024), nom. illeg.
= Juniperaceae J.Presl & C.Presl; Delic. Prag. 142 (1822)
= Libocedraceae Doweld; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 33: 42 (2001)
= Limnopityaceae Hayata; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 25 (1932)
= Metasequoiaceae S.Miki ex Hu & W.C.Cheng; Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot., n. s. 2, 1: 154 (1948)
= Microbiotaceae Nakai; Tyosen Sanrin Kaiho 165: 13 (1938)
= Neocallitropsidaceae Doweld; Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum xx (2001)
= Pilgerodendraceae A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Komarovia 4: 87 (2006)
= Platycladaceae A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan; Komarovia 4: 97 (2006)
= Sequoiaceae K.Koch ex Luerss.; Grundz. Bot. [Luerssen] 265 (1877)
= Sequoiaceae (Saxton) C.N.Page; Evol. Arbor. Gymnosperms 2: 100 (2024), nom. illeg.
= Taiwaniaceae Hayata; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 26 (1932)
= Taxodiaceae Saporta; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 5, 4: 44 (1865), nom. cons.
= Tetraclinaceae Hayata; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 27 (1932)
= Thujaceae Burnett; Outlines Bot. [Burnett] 502, 1149 (1835)
= Thujopsidaceae Bessey; Univ. Stud. Nebraska 7: 325 (1907)
= Widdringtoniaceae Doweld; Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum xx (2001)
065.6011 Genus Platycladus Spach; Hist. Nat. Vég. [Spach] Phan. 11, 333 (1842)
Distribution: China, widely cultivated
Species listed in database: 1
= Biota D.Don; Descr. Pinus [Lambert], ed. 2: 129 (1828)
species :
Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco; Portugaliae Acta Biol., Sér. B, Sist. Vol. Julio Henriques, 33 (1949)
Name: Morgenländischer Lebensbaum, Chinese arborvitae.
Distribution: Germany [c]; Slovakia [I]; Hungary [c]; Italy [I]; San Marino [c]; Slovenia [I]; Croatia [I]; Bosnia & Hercegovina [I]; Serbia; Kosovo [c]; European Russia [I]; Morocco [I]; Algeria [I]; Mozambique [I]; Cameroon [I]; D.R.Congo [Zaire] [I]; Mauritius [I]; Chagos Arch. [I] (Diego Garcia [I]); Russian Far East (Amur, Khabarovsk); Turkmenistan [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Tajikistan [I]; Northern Caucasus [I]; Georgia [Caucasus] [I]; Iran [I]; Saudi Arabia [I]; China (S-Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi); South Korea [I]; Japan [I]; Taiwan [I]; Bhutan [I]; India [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar [I]; Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Java [I]; Northern Marianas [I] (Tinian [I], Rota Isl. [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Majuro [I]); USA [I] (Florida [I]); Mexico [I]; Belize [I]; Honduras [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Cuba [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I]); Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Bolivia [I]
11 ger hun slo 13 bih cro ita kos slv sma SRB 14 rus 20 alg mor 23 cmn zai 26 moz 29 cgs mau 31 RFE 32 tkm tzk uzb 33 geo ncs 34 irn 35 sau 36 CHI 38 jap kor tai 40 ban bhu ind 41 cbd lao mya 42 jaw 62 gum mic mrn mrs 78 usa 79 mex 80 blz cos hon 81 cub pue vir 82 clm ven 83 bol
Remarks: some synonyms might belong to Xanthocyparis pendula
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Biota chengii Bordères & Gaussen; Trav. Lab. Forest. Toulouse, Tome 2, sect. 1, vol. 1(2), chap. 13: 235, in clavi, 236 (1968) (sine descr. lat.)
= Biota coraeana Siebold ex Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 17 (1862)
= Biota dumosa Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 96 (1867)
= Biota elegantissima Beissn.; Handb. Nadelholzk. 60 (1891)
= Biota excelsa Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 17 (1862)
= Biota falcata Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 96 (1867)
= Biota fernandiana Lavallée; Icon. Sel. Arb. 277 (1877), nomen
= Biota fortunei Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 94 (1867)
= Biota freneloides Hort.Belg. ex Gordon; Pinetum 35 (1858)
= Biota funiculata Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 52 (1862)
= Biota glauca Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 100 (1867)
= Biota gracilifolia Knight; Syn. Conif. 16 (1847)
= Biota intermedia Gordon; Pinetum 35 (1858)
= Biota japonica Siebold ex Gordon; Pinetum 33 (1858)
= Biota japonica var. pendula Stelzner; Ind. Bibl. Hort. Belg. 32 (1887)
= Biota macrocarpa Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 422 (1862)
= Biota nepalensis Endl. ex Gordon; Pinetum 35 (1858)
= Biota orientalis (L.) Endl.; Syn. Conif. 47 (1847)
= Biota orientalis f.compacta Beissn.
= Biota orientalis var. argentea Rafarin; Rev. Hort. (Paris) 46: 74 (1874)
= Biota orientalis var. ascotensis Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 422 (1875)
= Biota orientalis var. aurea Carrière; Man. Gén. Pl. [Jacques & Hérincq] 4: 321 (1857)
= Biota orientalis var. beverleyensis Hu; Manual Econ. Pl. 131 (1955)
= Biota orientalis var. cristata Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 97 (1867)
= Biota orientalis var. cupressoides Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 97 (1867)
= Biota orientalis var. dumosa Verschaff. & Van Geert; Ind. Bibl. Hort. Belg. 32 (1887)
= Biota orientalis var. elegantissima Rollison ex Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 17 (1862)
= Biota orientalis var. falcata (Veitch) Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 96 (1867)
= Biota orientalis var. fernandiana Lavallée; Énum. Arbres 277 (1877)
= Biota orientalis var. filiformis (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Henkel & W.Hochst.; Syn. Nadelhölz. 272 (1865)
= Biota orientalis var. filiformis-erecta Van Houtte; Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 17(Misc.): 120 (1867)
= Biota orientalis var. macrocarpa (R.Sm.) Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 422 (1875)
= Biota orientalis var. monstrosa Van Geert; Ind. Bibl. Hort. Belg. 32 (1887)
= Biota orientalis var. pendula (Thunb.) Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 100 (1867)
= Biota orientalis var. semperaurescens Lemoine ex Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 422 (1875)
= Biota orientalis var. sieboldii Van Geert; Ind. Bibl. Hort. Belg. 33 (1887)
= Biota orientalis var. verschaffeltii Lem.; Ill. Hort. 9: 324 (1862)
= Biota prostrata hort. ex Gord.; Pinetum, ed. 2, 401 (1875)
= Biota pyramidalis Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 96 (1855)
= Biota semperaurescens Beissn.; Handb. Nadelholzk. 60 (1891)
= Biota stricta Lindl. & Gordon; J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 205 (1850)
= Biota tatarica Lindl. & Gordon; J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 205 (1850)
= Biota variegata Gordon; Pinetum 34 (1858)
= Biota wareana Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 104 (1862)
= Biota zuccarini Siebold ex Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 94 (1867)
= Chamaecyparis decussata Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 140 (1867)
= Chamaecyparis ericoides Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 140 (1867)
= Chamaecyparis glauca Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 141 (1855)
= Cupressus filiformis Beissn.; Handb. Nadelholzk. 63 (1891)
= Cupressus patula Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 2(2): 580 (1807)
= Cupressus thuya O.Targ.Tozz.; Ann. Mus. Imp. Fis. Firenze reimpr. 3-5: 72 (1810)
= Juniperus ericoides Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 140 (1867)
= Juniperus meldensis Hori ex Mast.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 495 (1881)
= Platycladus chengii (Bordères & Gaussen) A.V.Bobrov; 14. Symp. Biodivers. & Evolutionsbiol. Jena 1999 (ed. H. Manitz & F. H. Hellwig): 18 (1999)
= Platycladus orientalis subsp. chengii (Bordères & Gaussen) Silba; J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 13(1): 19 (2006)
= Platycladus stricta Spach; Hist. Nat. Vég. [Spach] 11: 335 (1842)
= Retinispora decurvata Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 141 (1867)
= Retinispora decussata Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 364 (1862)
= Retinispora ericoides Zucc. ex Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 91 (1862)
= Retinispora flavescens Beissn.; Handb. Nadelholzk. 58 (1891)
= Retinispora juniperoides Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 140 (1867)
= Retinispora recurvata Mast.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 495 (1881)
= Retinispora rigida Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 141 (1867)
= Thuja antarctica Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 102 (1862)
= Thuja argentea Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 94 (1855)
= Thuja aurea Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 96 (1855)
= Thuja australis Ten.; Atti Reale Accad. Sci., Sez. Soc. Reale Borbon 3(2): 35 (1832)
= Thuja chengii Bordères & Gaussen; Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 83: 284 (1939)
= Thuja cupressoides Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 97 (1867)
= Thuja decora Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 398 (1796)
= Thuja dumosa Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 102 (1862)
= Thuja elegantissima Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 17 (1862)
= Thuja ericoides Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 141 (1867)
= Thuja expansa Laws. ex K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(2): 182 (1873)
= Thuja falcata Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 96 (1867)
= Thuja filiformis Lodd. ex Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 28: t. 20 (1842)
= Thuja flagelliformis Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 101 (1867)
= Thuja fortunei Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 94 (1867)
= Thuja freneloides Hort.; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 93 (1855)
= Thuja funiculata Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 52 (1862)
= Thuja glauca Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 95 (1855)
= Thuja gracilifolia Knight ex Parl.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(2,2): 459 (1868)
= Thuja heverleyensis L.H.Bailey; Cult. Conif. N. Amer. 174 (1933), syn.
= Thuja hybrida Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 102 (1867)
= Thuja intermedia Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 18 (1862)
= Thuja macrocarpa Hort.; Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3 [Siebert & Voss], 1: 1226 (1895), syn.
= Thuja meldensis Quetier; Hort. Franç. 5: 231 (1855)
= Thuja minor Paul ex Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 102 (1862)
= Thuja monstrosa Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 18 (1862)
= Thuja nana Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 93 (1855), ed. 2: 110 (1867)
= Thuja nepalensis Lodd. ex G.Don; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 388 (1830) ex Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 92 (1855)
= Thuja orientalis f. sieboldii (Endl.) Rehder; Bibl. Cult. Trees 48 (1949)
= Thuja orientalis L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1002 (1753)
= Thuja orientalis var. argyi Lemée & H.Lév.; Monde Pl. 17: 15 (1915)
= Thuja orientalis var. aurea-conspicua Rehder; Cycl. Amer. Hort. [L.H.Bailey] 4: 1804 (1902)
= Thuja orientalis var. beverleyensis Rehder; Man. Cult. Trees, ed. 2: 54 (1940)
= Thuja orientalis var. conspicua Berckm. ex Rehder; Man. Cult. Trees 23 (1927)
= Thuja orientalis var. flagelliformis Jacques; Conifer. Monogr. 25 (1867)
= Thuja orientalis var. pendula (Thunb.) Mast.; J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 14: 253 (1892)
= Thuja orientalis var. sieboldii C.Lawson; List Pl. Fir Tribe [Lawson et al.] 55 (1851)
= Thuja pygmaea Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 96 (1867)
= Thuja pyramidalis Ten.; Atti Reale Accad. Sci., Sez. Soc. Reale Borbon 3(2): 35, t. 2 (1832)
= Thuja pyramidalis var. stricta John M.Mill.; Bristol Nurs. 14 (1826)
= Thuja semperaurea Beissn.; Handb. Nadelholzk. 60 (1891)
= Thuja semperaurescens K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(2): 183 (1873)
= Thuja stricta Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 17 (1862)
= Thuja tatarica Lodd. ex G.Don; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 388 (1830), nomen
= Thuja variegata Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 94 (1855)
= Thuja verschaffelti Parl.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(2,2): 462 (1868)
= Thuja zuccarini Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 94 (1867)
= Thuja zuccariniana Vilm.; Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3 [Siebert & Voss], 1: 1226 (1895), syn.
= Widdringtonia glauca Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 61 (1867)
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