Scientific or common name:

Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

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CUPRESSACEAE - Cypress family (Gymnosperms - Conifers)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Nomencl. ref.: Prelim. Cat. 71. 1888
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Atlantic white cedar
English name: Atlantic white-cedar
English name: Atlantic white-cypress
Italian name: cipresso bianco

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Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Chamaecyparis henryae Li
= Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. henryae (Li) Little

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. henryae (Li) Little

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Coniferophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Pinales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Chamaecyparis
Species:

1) Chamaecyparis funebris (Endl.) Franco 2) Chamaecyparis henryae Li 3) Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murray) Parl. 4) Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach 5) Chamaecyparis obtusa (Siebold & Zucc.) Siebold & Zucc. ex Endl. 6) Chamaecyparis pisifera Siebold & Zucc. [excluded] 7) Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. 8) Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. henryae (Li) Little

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA)


Map for Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Pinopsida

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Families
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1) Araucariaceae (Araucaria family) 2) Cephalotaxaceae (Plum Yew family) 3) Cupressaceae (Cypress family) 4) Pinaceae (Pine family) 5) Podocarpaceae (Podocarpus family) 6) Taxaceae (Yew family)

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Genera (Cupressaceae)
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1) Austrocedrus (Chilean cedar) 2) Biota (platycladus) 3) Callitris (cypress-pine) 4) Calocedrus (incense cedar) 5) Chamaecyparis (cedar) 6) Cryptomeria (Japanese cedar) 7) Cunninghamia 8) Cupressus (cypress) 9) Fitzroya 10) Heyderia (incense cedar) 11) Juniperus (juniper) 12) Libocedrus (incense cedar) 13) Metasequoia (dawn redwood) 14) Platycladus 15) Sabina (juniper) 16) Sequoia (redwood) 17) Sequoiadendron (giant sequoia) 18) Taxodium (bald cypress) 19) Tetraclinis 20) Thuja (arborvitae) 21) Cupressocyparis

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Common names (Chamaecyparis)
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1) (no name) 2) Alaska cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis) 3) Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) 4) Hinoki false cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) 5) Mourning-cypress (Chamaecyparis funebris) 6) Port Orford cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)

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