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Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 1002. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
General/Distribution: 12‑15 species, mainly Mediterranean, but also N. America & Asia. Represented in Pakistan by 4 cultivated species.

 

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Monoecious evergreen trees. Leaves of older branches scale‑like, closely appressed to stem, opposite, decussate. Male cones small, solitary at the tips of branches. Female cones woody at maturity, composed of 4‑12 peltate scales. Seeds compressed or angular, winged.
 

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1.Branches ascending erect; branchlets stout. Leaves obtuse.
2.Foliage dark green. Leaves minutely glandular. Cones 25-30 mm broad.
Cupressus sempervirens
2.Foliage greyish blue. Leaves eglandular, glaucous. Cones 12-25 mm broad.
Cupressus arizonica
1.Branches horizontal; branchlets ± slender, drooping. Leaves acute.
3.Branches not compressed. Leaves triangular; subacute. Female cones 12-18 mm broad.
Cupressus torulosa
3.Branches compressed. Leaves ovate, acute. Female cones 8-12 mm, broad.
Cupressus corneyana
 
 
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