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Overview
Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
China (Asia)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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de Laubenfels, D. J., C. E. Husby & M. P. Griffith. 2012. Further nomenclatural action for the cypressus (Cupressaceae). Novon 22(1): 8–15.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100009464
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
China (Asia)
Bolivia (South America)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Killeen, T. J., E. García Estigarribia & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 1993. Guia Arb. Bolivia 1–958. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia & Missouri Botanical Garden, La Paz.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1000017
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Linares, J. L. 2003 [2005]. Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la república de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1029566
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Flora of China Editorial Committee. 1988-2013. Fl. China Unpaginated. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/42480
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Physical Description
Morphology
Description
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Diagnostic Description
Synonym
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Ecology
Habitat
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Habitat and Ecology
- Terrestrial
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Cupressus funebris
No available public DNA sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Cupressus funebris
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 11
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
Red List Criteria
Version
Year Assessed
- Needs updating
Assessor/s
Reviewer/s
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Wikipedia
Cupressus funebris
Cupressus funebris (Chinese Weeping Cypress) is a species of cypress native to southwestern and central China.[1] It may also occur naturally in Vietnam.[2]
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Description
Cupressus funebris is a medium-sized coniferous tree growing to 20-35 m tall, with a trunk up to 2 m diameter. The foliage grows in dense, usually moderately decumbent and pendulous sprays of bright green, very slender, slightly flattened shoots.
The leaves are scale-like, 1-2 mm long, up to 5 mm long on strong lead shoots; young trees up to about 5-10 years old have juvenile foliage with soft needle-like leaves 3-8 mm long.
The seed cones are globose, 8-15 mm long, with 6-10 scales (usually 8), green, maturing dark brown about 24 months after pollination. The cones open at maturity to shed the seed. The pollen cones are 3-5 mm long, and release pollen in early spring.
Distribution
The precise natural range of Cupressus funebris is uncertain due to a long history of cultivation. Trees are recorded from forest habitats in the provinces of Guizhou, Hunan, and Chongqing.
More generally, it also occurs in Anhui, Fujian, southern Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang, typically planted around monasteries and temples or in gardens.
Whether Cupressus funebris naturally occurs also in northern Vietnam is uncertain; if so, it probably is the most threatened conifer of that country.[2]
Cultivation
Cupressus funebris is cultivated as an ornamental tree, due to its graciously weeping form and texture, and planted in gardens and public parks in other warm temperate regions, such as California. It is used as a houseplant and conservatory tree in colder climates.
References and external links
- ^ a b Conifer Specialist Group (1998). "Cupressus funebris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/42218. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ a b Luu, Nguyen Duc To; Philip Ian Thomas (2004). Conifers of Vietnam. ISBN 1-872291-64-3. http://www.ceh.ac.uk/sections/bm/conifer_manual.html.
- Farjon, A. (2005). Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-068-4
- Gymnosperm Database: Cupressus funebris
- Photo of cones
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Notes
Comments
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