Cupressus atlantica

Cupressus atlantica, Oued-n-Fiis, Morocco

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Cupressoideae
Genus: Cupressus
Species: Cupressus atlantica

Name

Cupressus atlantica Gaussen, Monde Pl. 45: 55 (1950).

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Cupressus sempervirens var. atlantica (Gaussen) Silba, Phytologia 49: 398 (1981).
  • Cupressus dupreziana var. atlantica (Gaussen) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 5: 29 (1998).
  • Cupressus dupreziana subsp. atlantica (Gaussen) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12: 64 (2005).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Morocco (Oued n'Fiss Valley) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gaussen, H.M. 1950. Espèces nouvelles de Cyprès. Le Monde des Plantes (Toulouse) 45: 55–56. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Farjon, A. 1998. World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-025-0. Reference page. 
• Little, D.P. 2006. Evolution and circumscription of the true Cypresses (Cupressaceae: Cupressus). Systematic Botany 31(3): 461–480. DOI: 10.1600/036364406778388638 BioOne JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cupressus atlantica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cupressus atlantica. Published online. Accessed: Jan 06 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Cupressus atlantica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Jan 2020.

Vernacular names

العربية: سرو أطلسي
català: Xiprer del Marroc
Deutsch: Atlas-Zypresse
English: Moroccan Cypress
Esperanto: Atlasa cipreso
français: Cyprès du Maroc
norsk: Marokkansk sypress
slovenčina: Cyprus atlaský

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