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Taxon:  Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) G. Manetti ex Carriere



Summary
Genus:
Cedrus
Family:
Pinaceae
Nomen number:
9690
Place of publication:
Traité gén. conif. 285. 1855
Comment:
authorship verified from original literature
Verified:
04/09/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pinus atlantica Endl.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cedrus libani A. Rich. subsp. atlantica (Endl.) Batt. & Trab.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) G. Manetti ex Carriere var. argentea A. Murray
Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) G. Manetti ex Carriere var. glauca Carriere
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Reference(s)
  1. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
  2. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987
  3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  4. Farjon, A. Pinaceae: Drawings and descriptions of the genera Abies, Cedrus, Pseudolarix, Keteleeria, Nothotsuga, Tsuga, Cathaya, Pseudotsuga, Larix and Picea. Regnum Veg. 121. 1990
  5. Farjon, A. World checklist and bibliography of conifers, ed. 2. 2001
  6. Farjon, A. World checklist and bibliography of conifers. 1998
  7. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984- Note: = C. libani subsp. atlantica (Endl.) Batt. & Trab.
  8. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 Note: = C. libani subsp. atlantica (Endl.) Batt. & Trab.
  9. International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971
  10. Meyer, F. G. et al. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. 1994
  11. Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 19:163. Note: mentions as C. libani subsp. atlantica (Endl.) Batt. & Trab.
  12. 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
  13. Rehder, A. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. 1949 Note: lists as C. atlantica Manetti
  14. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea, second edition. 1993 Note: lists as C. atlantica (Endl.) Carrière
  15. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
  16. 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
Atlantic cedar –
Atlas cedar –
French
cèdre de l'Atlas –
German
Atlaszeder –
Italian
cedro dell'Atlante –
Transcribed Chinese
bei fei xue song –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria Atlas Mts.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco Atlas Mts.
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (Atlas Mts.), Morocco (Atlas Mts.)
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
essential oils (fide F Eur ed2; Ency CNatIn, for perfumery; Pl Res SEAs 19:163. 1999, adulterant of sandalwood oil) –


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