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Taxon: Xanthocyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Farjon & D. K. Harder

Genus: Xanthocyparis
Family: Cupressaceae.
Nomen number: 426902
Place of publication: A. Farjon et al., Novon 12:188. 2002
Comment: a proposal to conserve Xanthocyparis Farjon over the earlier Callitropsis Oerst. has been submitted
Name verified on: 13-Jul-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 13-Jul-2007
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • Alaska yellow-cedar   (Source: HerbSpices [as Chamaecyparis nootkatensis]) – English
  • Alaska-cedar   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • Nootka cypress   (Source: Zander ed17 [as Chamaecyparis nootkatensis]) – English
  • yellow-cedar   (Source: HerbSpices [as Chamaecyparis nootkatensis]) – English
  • yellow-cypress   (Source: F NAmer [as Chamaecyparis nootkatensis]) – English
  • cyprè de Nootka   (Source: Zander ed17 [as Chamaecyparis nootkatensis]) – French
  • cyprè pleureur de l'Alaska   (Source: Zander ed17 [as Chamaecyparis nootkatensis]) – French
  • Nutka-Scheinzypresse   (Source: Zander ed17 [as Chamaecyparis nootkatensis]) – German

Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard, as Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Eur Gard F, as Chamaecyparis nootkatensis)
  • Materials: essential oils; wood   (timber for boat building fide AH 519, as Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; HerbSpices, as Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Monog Cupressaceae)
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices) [= Chamaecyparis nootkatensis].
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17) [= Chamaecyparis nootkatensis].
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) [= Chamaecyparis nootkatensis].
  • Farjon, A. et al. 2002. A new genus and species in Cupressaceae (Coniferales) from northern Vietnam, Xanthocyparis vietnamensis. Novon 12:179–189. [accepts].
  • Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. (Monog Cupressaceae) 426–428.
  • Little, D. P. et al. 2004. The circumscription and phylogenetic relationships of Callitropsis and the newly described genus Xanthocyparis (Cupressaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 91:1879. [= Callitropsis nootkatensis (D. Don) Oerst.].
  • Mill, R. R. & A. Farjon. 2006. (1710) Proposal to conserve the name Xanthocyparis against Callitropsis Oerst. (Cupressaceae). Taxon 55:229–230.
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Xanthocyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Farjon & D. K. Harder:

  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • 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 Xanthocyparis nootkatensis 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:

  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
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  • 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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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?426902 (09 February 2010)

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