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Taxon:  Cupressus lusitanica Mill. var. benthamii (Endl.) Carrière



Summary
Genus:
Cupressus
Family:
Cupressaceae
Nomen number:
318472
Place of publication:
Traité gén. conif. ed. 2:155. 1867
Verified:
07/09/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Cupressus lusitanica Mill. (0 active accession[s])
Cupressus lusitanica Mill. var. lusitanica (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cupressus benthamii Endl.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Callitropsis benthamii (Endl.) D. P. Little
Cupressus benthamii Endl. var. benthamii
Hesperocyparis benthamii (Endl.) Bartel

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cupressus benthamii Endl. var. knightiana (L. M. Perry ex Gordon) Mast.
Cupressus knightiana L. M. Perry ex Gordon
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Reference(s)
  1. Adams, R. P. et al. 2009. A new genus, Hesperocyparis, for the cypresses of the Western Hemisphere (Cupressaceae). Phytologia 91:181. Note: = Hesperocyparis benthamii (Endl.) Bartel
  2. Farjon, A. 1993. Nomenclature of the Mexican cypress or "cedar of Goa", Cupressus lusitanica Mill. (Cupressaceae). Taxon 42:83.
  3. Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 210-212.
  4. Krüssmann, G. 1985. Manual of cultivated conifers (English translation of Die Nadelgeholze, ed. 2. 1983)
  5. Little, D. P. 2006. Evolution and circumscription of the true cypresses (Cupressaceae: Cupressus). Syst. Bot. 31:473. Note: = Callitropsis benthamii (Endl.) D. P. Little
  6. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  7. Silba, J. 1984. An international census of the Coniferae, I. Phytologia Mem. 7:23.
Common names
English
Bentham cypress –
Spanish
cedro blanco –
ciprés –
sabina –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoHidalgo 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMéxico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoPuebla 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave 
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, México, Puebla, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
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=318472. Accessed 11 May 2025.