Family: Cupressaceae  Gray, nom. cons.

Family number: 315. Last updated: 17-Jan-2003.
Number of accepted genera: 33.
Type genus: Cupressus L.
Comment: gymnosperm family.

Complete list of genera

List of genera formerly placed here

Check other databases for:

• Cupressaceae fruit/seed descriptions and images (U.S. National Seed Herbarium)
• Other Cupressaceae data links (Flowering Plant Gateway)
  
• Higher level classification information (Flowering Plant Gateway)
  
• Higher level classification information (Steven's Angiosperm Phylogeny Website)
  
• Reveal's concordance of Cupressaceae with other family classifications (University of Maryland)
  
• Cupressaceae genera from Brummitt's Vascular Plant Families and Genera (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
  

References for family:

• There are no references for this family in GRIN.

Check other bibliographic databases:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Synonyms for family:

• Actinostrobaceae Lotsy
• Athrotaxidaceae Nakai, nom. inval.
• Cryptomeriaceae Hayata
• Cunninghamiaceae Zucc.
• Juniperaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
• Metasequoiaceae Hu & W. C. Cheng
• Microbiotaceae Nakai
• Taiwaniaceae Hayata
• Taxodiaceae Saporta, nom. cons.
• Tetraclinaceae Hayata

Images:

• Cone (Juniperus squamata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Cone (Metasequoia glyptostroboides): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Cone (Taxodium distichum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Embryo drawing (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Cryptomeria japonica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Cupressus arizonica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Juniperus scopulorum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Sequoia sempervirens): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Taxodium distichum var. distichum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Thuja occidentalis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Widdringtonia nodiflora): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo with female gametophyte (Platycladus orientalis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Forestry Images (Chamaecyparis thyoides): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Cryptomeria japonica): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Cupressus lusitanica): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Juniperus communis): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Juniperus monosperma): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Juniperus occidentalis): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Juniperus osteosperma): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Juniperus polycarpos): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Juniperus procera): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Juniperus scopulorum): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Juniperus virginiana): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Metasequoia glyptostroboides): from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed (Calocedrus decurrens): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Chamaecyparis thyoides): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Cryptomeria japonica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Cupressus arizonica): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Cupressus sempervirens var. dupreziana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Juniperus chinensis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Juniperus conferta): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Juniperus horizontalis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Juniperus occidentalis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Juniperus scopulorum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Juniperus squamata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Sequoia sempervirens): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Taxodium ascendens): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Taxodium distichum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Thuja occidentalis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed (Thuja plicata): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds (Metasequoia glyptostroboides): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds (Platycladus orientalis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds (Taxodium distichum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds and mature female cone (Juniperus monosperma): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds and mature female cones (Juniperus virginiana): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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