Taxon: Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex D. Don) G. Don

• authorship and valid publication verified from original literature
• Loudon credits G. Don with authorship of "the Linnean Arrangement and its Supplement" of this work on p. iv of the Preface

• the 8 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Cedrus deodara var. aurea (no accessions)

Common names:

• deodar   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• deodar cedar   (Source: HerbSpices ) – English
  
• Himalayan cedar   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• xue song   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• cèdre de l'Himalaya   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French
  
• Himalajazedar   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  
• cedro dell'Himalaia   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (fide HerbSpices)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan [e.]
  China: China - Xizang [s.w.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India - Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh; Nepal [e.]; Pakistan [n.e.]

• also cultivated

References:

• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. [= C. atlantica].
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Farjon, A. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of conifers.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. [lists as C. deodara (Lamb.) G. Don].
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. [lists as C. deodara (Roxb.) G. Don].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cedrus deodara.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cedrus deodara.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cedrus deodara.

Synonyms:

• (=) Cedrus deodara f. aurea (J. Nelson) Rehder
  
• (≡) Pinus deodara Roxb. ex D. Don (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex D. Don) G. Don:

• 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 Cedrus deodara 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:

• 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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