Cupressus nootkatensis

Tags: Conifer.

Cupressus nootkatensis (D.Don 1824) [synonyms Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D.Don) Spach 1841 Callitropsis nootkatensis (D.Don) Oersted 1864 Xanthocyparis nootkatensis (D.Don) Farjon & Hiep 2002] is a cypress of the Cupressaceae family that possesses a chequered taxonomic and nomenclatural history. This species goes by many common names including Nootka Cypress Yellow Cypress and Alaska Cypress.

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binomial authority

David Don

class

Pinophyta

conservation status

lc

conservation status system

iucn2.3

division

Pinophyta

family

Cupressaceae

genus

Cupressus

kingdom

Plant

order

Pinales

synonym

*Chamaecyparis nootkatensis var. pendula (G.Nicholson), *Callitropsis nootkatensis (D. Don) Florin), *Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Sudw.), *Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D.Don) Spach), *Cupressus americana (Trautv.), *Cupressus nootkatensis (D.Don), *Cupressus nutkatensis (Hook. [Spelling variant]), *Thuja excelsa (Bong.), *Thujopsis borealis (Carrière), *Thujopsis cupressoides (Carrière), *Thujopsis tchugatskoyae (Carrière), *Xanthocyparis nootkatensis (D.Don) Farjon & D.K.Harder), *Chamaecyparis nootkatensis f. viridis-pendula (Beissn.), *Callitropsis nootkatensis (D.Don) Oerst. ex D.P.Little), *Chamaecyparis nutkaensis (Lindl. & Gordon [Spelling variant])