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Taxon:  Cupressus sempervirens L.



Summary
Genus:
Cupressus
Family:
Cupressaceae
Nomen number:
12665
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1002. 1753
Verified:
07/09/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. atlantica (Gaussen) Silba (0 active accession[s])
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. dupreziana (A. Camus) Silba (0 active accession[s])
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. sempervirens (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cupressus horizontalis Mill.
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. horizontalis (Mill.) G. Don, nom. nud.
Cupressus sempervirens L. var. stricta Aiton
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Reference(s)
  1. Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
  2. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning
  3. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
  4. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  5. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  6. Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 220-223.
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  8. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  9. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  10. International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
  11. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  13. Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States
  14. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  15. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  16. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
  17. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  18. Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:64.
  19. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  20. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
English
Italian cypress –
Mediterranean cypress –
French
cyprès commun –
cyprès d'Italie –
German
echte Zypresse –
italienische Zypresse –
Italian
cipresso comune –
Spanish
ciprés común –
ciprés italiano –
Swedish
kretacypress –
Transcribed Chinese
di zhong hai bai mu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran n.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey s.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreeceCrete 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Libya
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran (n.), Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey (s.)
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece [Crete]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 220-223.
Materialsessential oils Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=12665. Accessed 22 May 2025.