Taxon: Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don

See also subordinate taxa:

• Cryptomeria japonica var. japonica (no accessions)
• Cryptomeria japonica var. sinensis (1 accessions)

Common names:

• cryptomeria   (Source: HerbSpices ) – English
  
• Japanese red-cedar   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• Japanese-cedar   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• crittomeria   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian
  
• sugi   (Source: F Okin ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• kryptomeria   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Hortus 3; Zander ed14)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (fide HerbSpices; Monog Cupressaceae)
  
• Materials: wood   (a very valuable timber fide F Okin)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. [mentions].
• Farjon, A. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of conifers.
• Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. 120–121.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. [with two varieties].
• Kato, T. et al. 2003. DNA Variation in a conifer, Cryptomeria japonica (Cupressaceae sensu lato). Genetics 164:1547–1559.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cryptomeria japonica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cryptomeria japonica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cryptomeria japonica.

Synonyms:

• Cryptomeria fortunei Hooibr. ex Otto & A. Dietr. [= Cryptomeria japonica var. sinensis]
  
• (=) Cryptomeria japonica f. araucarioides (Henkel & Hochst.) Beissn.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Cryptomeria japonica f. compacta (Beissn.) Beissn.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Cryptomeria japonica f. spiralis (Siebold) Rehder
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Cupressus japonica L. f. [≡ Cryptomeria japonica var. japonica]
  

Check other web resources for Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• 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 (on-line resource). for Cryptomeria japonica 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.

Images:

• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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