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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: 174; hybrids: 12
= 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 (DE), Chinese arborvitae (EN)
Distribution: Germany [c]; Slovakia [I]; Hungary [c]; Italy [I]; San Marino [c]; Slovenia [I]; Croatia [I]; Bosnia & Hercegovina [I]; Serbia [c]; 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]); Turkmenistan [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Tajikistan [I]; Northern Caucasus [I]; Georgia [Caucasus] [I]; European Turkey [c]; Turkey [c]; 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]); San Andres y Providencia [I] (San Andres [I]); Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Bolivia [I]
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Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Biota aurea (Carrière) K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(2): 183 (1873)
= Biota chengii (Bordères & Gaussen) 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 defresneana C.Van Geert ex K.Koch; Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 6: 119 (1863)
= Biota delicatissima Dallière; Ind. Bibl. Hort. Belg. [Morren & de Vos] 32 (1887), nom. nud.
= Biota dumosa Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 96 (1867)
= Biota elegantissima Beissn.; Handb. Nadelholzk. [Beissner] 60 (1891)
= Biota ericoides Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2.: 141 (1867)
= Biota excelsa Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 17 (1862)
= Biota falcata (Veitch) Hogg; Gard. Year Book 1863: 70 (1863)
= Biota falcata Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 96 (1867), nom. illeg.
= Biota fernandiana Lavallée; Icon. Sel. Arb. 277 (1877), nomen
= Biota fortunei Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 94 (1867)
= Biota freneloides Gordon & Glend.; Pinetum 35 (1858), nom. illeg.
= Biota freneloides Rollison; Gard. Chron. 1857: 418 (1857)
= Biota funiculata Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 52 (1862)
= Biota gracilifolia Knight; Syn. Conif. 16 (1847)
= Biota intermedia Gordon & Glend.; Pinetum 35 (1858)
= Biota japonica Siebold ex Gordon & Glend.; Pinetum 33 (1858)
= Biota japonica var. pendula Stelzner; Ind. Bibl. Hort. Belg. [Morren & de Vos] 32 (1887), nomen
= Biota macrocarpa Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 422 (1862)
= Biota macrocarpa R.Sm.; Pl. Fir Tribe: 9 (1874), nom. illeg.
= Biota meldensis P.Lawson ex Gordon & Glend.; Pinetum: 37 (1858)
= Biota nepalensis Endl. ex Gordon & Glend.; Pinetum 35 (1858)
= Biota orientalis (L.) Endl.; Syn. Conif. 47 (1847)
= Biota orientalis f. sieboldii W.C.Cheng & W.T.Wang; Trees of China 1: 234 (1961)
= Biota orientalis unranked fortunei Jacob-Makoy; Nursery Cat. (L.Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 21 (1870)
= Biota orientalis unranked meldensis Jacob-Makoy; Nursery Cat. (L.Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 112: 5 (1868)
= Biota orientalis unranked pendula (Thunb.) J.Nelson; Pinaceae: 64 (1866)
= Biota orientalis unranked pendula-variegata J.Nelson; Pinaceae: 64 (1866)
= 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. 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. [Morren & de Vos] 32 (1887), nomen
= 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. flagelliformis (Jacques) Hoopes; Book Evergr.: 334 (1868)
= Biota orientalis var. glauca Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif.: 95 (1855)
= Biota orientalis var. macrocarpa (R.Sm.) Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 422 (1875)
= Biota orientalis var. monstrosa Van Geert; Ind. Bibl. Hort. Belg. [Morren & de Vos] 32 (1887), nomen
= 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. [Morren & de Vos] 33 (1887)
= Biota orientalis var. verschaffeltii Lem.; Ill. Hort. 9: 324 (1862)
= Biota orientalis unranked variegata-aurea Jacob-Makoy; Nursery Cat. (L.Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 112: 5 (1868)
= Biota pendula (Thunb.) Endl.; Syn. Conif. 19 (1847)
= Biota pendula unranked intermedia Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl.: 18 (1862), pro syn.
= Biota pendula unranked recurvata Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl.: 18 (1862), pro syn.
= Biota prostrata Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 401 (1875)
= Biota pyramidalis Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 96 (1855)
= Biota semperaurea Mast. & T.Moore; Gard. Chron., n.s., 1: 60 (1874)
= Biota semperaurescens (Lemoine ex Gordon) Beissn.; Handb. Nadelholzk. [Beissner] 60 (1891)
= Biota stricta (Spach) Lindl. & Gordon; J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 205 (1850)
= Biota tatarica Lindl. & Gordon; J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 205 (1850)
= Biota triangularis W.Bull ex J.Dix; Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 2: 729 (1862)
= Biota variegata Gordon & Glend.; Pinetum 34 (1858)
= Biota wareana Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 104 (1862)
= Biota zuccarinii Siebold ex Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 94 (1867)
= Chamaecyparis decussata Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 140 (1867)
= Cupressus filiformis Beissn.; Handb. Nadelholzk. [Beissner] 63 (1891)
= Cupressus pendula Abel; Embassy China [Staunton] 2: 525 (1798), nom. illeg.
= Cupressus pendula Thunb.; Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 4: 40 (1783), Thunb. Fl. Jap. 265 (1784), et L., Syst. Veg., ed. 14: 861 (1784)
= 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)
= Platycladus chengii (Bordères & Gaussen) A.V.Bobrov; 14. Symp. Biodivers. & Evolutionsbiol. Jena 1999 (ed. H. Manitz & F. H. Hellwig): 18 (1999)
= Platycladus orientalis f. pendula Q.Q.Liu & H.Y.Ye; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 13: 221 (1993), nom. inval.
= 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. [Beissner] 58 (1891)
= Retinispora glauca Mast.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 495 (1881)
= 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 acuta Moench; Methodus: 692 (1794)
= 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 decora Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 398 (1796)
= Thuja defresneana C.Van Geert ex K.Koch; Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 6: 119 (1863)
= 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 falcata Veitch; Gard. Chron. 1862: 398 (1862)
= Thuja filiformis Lodd. ex Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 28: t. 20 (1842)
= Thuja flagelliformis (Jacques) C.Lawson; Nursery Cat. (P.Lawson & Son) 1851: 261 (1851)
= Thuja fortunei Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 94 (1867), pro syn.
= Thuja funiculata Gordon; Pinetum, ed. 2: 52 (1862)
= Thuja glauca (Carrière) K.Koch; Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 25: 307 (1857)
= Thuja gracilifolia Knight ex Parl.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(2,2): 459 (1868), pro syn.
= Thuja hybrida Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 102 (1867), pro syn.
= Thuja intermedia Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 18 (1862)
= 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 nepalensis Lodd. ex G.Don; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 388 (1830) ex Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 1: 92 (1855)
= Thuja orientalis f. aurea (Carrière) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 48 (1949)
= Thuja orientalis f. beverleyensis (Rehder) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 48 (1949)
= Thuja orientalis f. conspicua (Berckm. ex Rehder) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 48 (1949)
= Thuja orientalis f. elegantissima (Rollison ex Gordon) C.K.Schneid.; Uns. Freil.-Nadelhölzer [Silva-Tarouca] 286 (1913)
= Thuja orientalis f. flagelliformis (Jacques) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 48 (1949)
= Thuja orientalis f. juniperoides (Carrière) Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 1: 241 (1897)
= Thuja orientalis f. meldensis (P.Lawson ex Gordon & Glend.) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 49 (1949)
= Thuja orientalis f. semperaurescens (Lemoine ex Gordon) C.K.Schneid.Uns.Freil.-Nadelhölzer; Silva-Tarouca ]286 (1913
= Thuja orientalis f. sieboldii (C.Lawson) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 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. mexicana Dummer; J. Bot. 52: 236 (1914)
= Thuja orientalis var. pendula (Thunb.) Mast.; J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 14: 253 (1892)
= Thuja orientalis var. semperaurescens (Lemoine ex Gordon) G.Nicholson; Ill. Dict. Gard. 4: 34 (1888)
= Thuja orientalis var. sieboldii C.Lawson; List Pl. Fir Tribe [Lawson et al.] 55 (1851)
= Thuja papuana (F.Muell.) Voss; Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 88 (1907)
= Thuja pendula (Thunb.) D.Don; Descr. Pinus [Lambert], ed. 2, 2: 115 (1828)
= Thuja pygmaea Carrière; Traité Gén. Conif., éd. 2: 96 (1867), nom. illeg.
= Thuja pygmaea Hovey; Mag. Hort. Bot. 27: 354 (1861)
= Thuja pyramidalis f. stricta (John M.Mill.) Rehder; Bibliogr. Cult. Trees [Rehder] 48 (1949)
= 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. [Beissner] 60 (1891)
= Thuja semperaurea T.Moore & Mast.; Gard. Chron., n.s., 2: 303 (1874)
= Thuja semperaurescens K.Koch; Dendrologie 2(2): 183 (1873)
= Thuja stricta Gordon; Pinetum, Suppl. 17 (1862)
= Thuja taillandieri Van Geert; Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 83: 24 (1882)
= Thuja tartarica Jacques; Ann. Fl. Pomone 5: 262 (1837)
= Thuja tatarica Lodd. ex G.Don; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 388 (1830), nomen
= Thuja verschaffeltii Parl.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 16(2,2): 462 (1868), nom. illeg.
= Thuja verschaffeltii Verschaff.; Nursery Cat. (Ambroise Verschaffelt) 70: 5 (1861)
= Thuja zuccariniana Voss; Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3 [Siebert & Voss], 1: 1226 (1895), pro syn.
= Xanthocyparis pendula (Thunb.) de Laub. & Husby; Novon 24(3): 234 (2015)
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