Taxon: Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin

Common names:

• bastard-cedar   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English
  
• California incense-cedar   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English
  
• Californian incense-cedar   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• Californian post-cedar   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – English
  
• incense-cedar   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• cedro incienso   (Source: Monog Cupressaceae ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Harmful organism host: crop diseases   (pear rust fide Compendium of apple and pear diseases 14. 1990. APS)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed14)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber, pencil stock posts fide F NAmer; Monog Cupressaceae)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon [w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Nevada [w.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja California [n.]

References:

• Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) 2:412.
• Farjon, A. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of conifers. (L Conifers)
• Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. (Monog Cupressaceae) 402–404.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US) [= Libocedrus decurrens Torr.].
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. (L CultWPl SE US)
• Silba, J. 1984. An international census of the Coniferae, I. Phytologia Mem. 7:16.
• Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:50.
• den Bouden & Boom. 1965. Manual of cultivated conifers. 220. [= Libocedrus decurrens Torr.].

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Calocedrus decurrens.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Calocedrus decurrens. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Libocedrus decurrens Torr. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• (=) Libocedrus decurrens f. aureovariegata (Beissn.) Rehder
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Libocedrus decurrens var. aureovariegata Beissn.
  
• (=) Libocedrus decurrens f. compacta (Beissn.) Voss
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Libocedrus decurrens var. compacta hort. ex Beissn.
  

Check other databases for Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin:

• 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 Calocedrus decurrens 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:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• 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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