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

Genus: Cryptomeria
Family: Cupressaceae. Also placed in: Taxodiaceae
Nomen number: 12526
Place of publication: Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18:167. 1839
Name verified on: 06-Jul-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-Jan-2010
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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Common names:

  • cryptomeria   (Source: HerbSpices ) – English
  • Japanese red-cedar   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • Japanese-cedar   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • sugi   (Source: F Okin ) – Japanese Rōmaji

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

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

      Naturalized:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China

References:

  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) [mentions].
  • Farjon, A. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of conifers. (L Conifers)
  • Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. (Monog Cupressaceae) 120–121.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F 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. (Hortus 3)
  • Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. (L CultWPl SE US)
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
  • Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases 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 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.
    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?12526 (09 February 2010)

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