Taxon: Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) G. Manetti ex Carrière

Common names:

• Atlantic cedar   (Source: HerbSpices )
  
• Atlas cedar   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• Atlaszeder   (Source: Zander ed14 )
  
• cèdre de l'Atlas   (Source: HerbSpices )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Materials: essential oils; wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber; F Eur ed2; Ency CNatIn, for perfumery; Pl Res SEAs 19:163. 1999, adulterant of sandalwood oil)
  

Distributional range:

Native:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria [Atlas Mts.]; Morocco [Atlas Mts.]

References:

• 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)
• Farjon, A. 1990. Pinaceae: Drawings and descriptions of the genera Abies, Cedrus, Pseudolarix, Keteleeria, Nothotsuga, Tsuga, Cathaya, Pseudotsuga, Larix and Picea. Regnum Veg. 121. (Pinaceae)
• Farjon, A. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of conifers. (L Conifers)
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit) [= C. libani subsp. atlantica (Endl.) Batt. & Trab.].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [= C. libani subsp. atlantica (Endl.) Batt. & Trab.].
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. (L CultWPl SE US)
• Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 19:163. [mentions as C. libani subsp. atlantica (Endl.) Batt. & Trab.].
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. (Rehder) [lists as C. atlantica Manetti].
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. (F Eur ed2) [lists as C. atlantica (Endl.) Carrière].
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

More:

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Synonyms:

• (=) Cedrus atlantica var. argentea A. Murray
  
• (=) Cedrus atlantica var. glauca Carrière
  
• (≡) Cedrus libani subsp. atlantica (Endl.) Batt. & Trab.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Pinus atlantica Endl. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) G. Manetti ex Carrière:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Cedrus atlantica 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.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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