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Taxon: Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) Britton et al.

Genus: Chamaecyparis
Family: Cupressaceae.
Nomen number: 10102
Place of publication: Prelim. cat. 71. 1888
Name verified on: 09-Jul-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-Jul-2007
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.
Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • Atlantic white-cedar   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  • Atlantic white-cypress   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English
  • southern white-cedar   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English   [Chamaecyparis thyoides var. henryae]
  • southern white-cedar   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  • southern white-cypress   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English   [Chamaecyparis thyoides var. henryae]
  • white-cedar   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  • white-cypress   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
      Cultivated:
  • cultivated elsewhere

References:

  • Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) 2:409.
  • Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. (Monog Cupressaceae) 162–164.
  • Fowells, H. A. 1965. Silvics of forest trees of the United States. (AH 271)
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States. (AH 519)
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)
  • Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. (L CultWPl SE US)
  • Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 57.
  • 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 thyoides (L.) Britton et al.:

  • 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 thyoides 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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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?10102 (09 February 2010)

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