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Taxon: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murray) Parl.

Genus: Chamaecyparis
Family: Cupressaceae.
Nomen number: 10064
Place of publication: Ann. Mus. Imp. Fis. Firenze ser. 2, 1:181. 1864 (A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2):464. 1868)
Name verified on: 06-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Jul-2007
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


Common names:

  • ginger-pine   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  • Lawson's false cypress   (Source: HerbSpices ) – English
  • Lawson's-cypress   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • Oregon-cedar   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • Port Orford-cedar   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • cyprès de Lawson   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
      Naturalized:
  • AUSTRALASIA
    New Zealand: New Zealand
  • EUROPE
    Europe
  • ALSO
    Asia [e.]

References:

  • Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand. (F NZeal)
  • Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
  • Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) 2:409.
  • Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. (Monog Cupressaceae) 167–169.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Krüssmann, G. 1985. Manual of cultivated conifers (English translation of Die Nadelgeholze, ed. 2. 1983). (KrussmannC)
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States. (AH 519)
  • Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 55.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. (F Eur ed2)
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murray) Parl.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Chamaecyparis lawsoniana cultivars
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?10064 (09 February 2010)

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