Hesperocyparis

Hesperocyparis (western cypress)[1] is a genus of trees in the family Cupressaceae, containing North American species otherwise assigned to the genus Cupressus.[2] It contains the following species:[2]

  • Hesperocyparis abramsiana (C. B. Wolf) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis arizonica (Greene) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis bakeri (Jeps.) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis benthamii (Endl.) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis forbesii (Jeps.) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis glabra (Sudw.) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis goveniana (Gordon) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis guadalupensis (S. Watson) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis lusitanica (Mill.) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis macnabiana (A. Murray bis) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis montana (Wiggins) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis nevadensis (Abrams) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis pigmaea (Lemmon) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis sargentii (Jeps.) Bartel
  • Hesperocyparis stephensonii (Jeps.) Bartel

Hesperocyparis
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa, Monterey cypress
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Pinophyta
Class:
Pinopsida
Order:
Pinales
Family:
Cupressaceae
Genus:
Hesperocyparis

Bartel & R. A. Price
Synonyms
  • Neocupressus de Laub. [nom. superfl.]

References
  1. "Hesperocyparis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. Robert P. Adams, Jim A. Bartel & Robert A. Price (2009). "A new genus, Hesperocyparis, for the cypresses of the Western Hemisphere" (PDF). Phytologia. 91 (1): 160–185.


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