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Taxon:  Cupressus sempervirens L.



Summary
Genus:
Cupressus
Family:
Cupressaceae
Nomen number:
12665
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1002. 1753
Verified:
07/09/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (7  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. atlantica (Gaussen) Silba (0 active accession[s])
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. dupreziana (A. Camus) Silba (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cupressus horizontalis Mill.
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. horizontalis (Mill.) G. Don, nom. nud.
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. stricta Aiton
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Reference(s)
  1. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
  2. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998
  3. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987
  4. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  5. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  6. Farjon, A. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. 2005 220-223.
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Cupressus+sempervirens&quantity=1
  8. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  9. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  10. International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971
  11. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  13. Meyer, F. G. et al. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. 1994
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  15. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  16. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  17. Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:64.
  18. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  19. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
Italian cypress –
Mediterranean cypress –
French
cyprès commun –
cyprès d'Italie –
German
echte Zypresse –
italienische Zypresse –
Italian
cipresso comune –
Spanish
ciprés común –
ciprés italiano –
Swedish
kretacypress –
Transcribed Chinese
di zhong hai bai mu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern Asia******  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran n.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey s.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreeceCrete 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Libya
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran (n.), ******, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (s.)
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece [Crete]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
essential oils (fide HerbSpices) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Cooper & Johnson ed2) –


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