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Cupressaceae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 18042

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Taxodiaceae
 
  Common Name(s): cypress [English]
  
    redwood [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassPinopsida  – conifers  
                      SubclassPinidae   
                         OrderPinales  – pines  
                            FamilyCupressaceae  – cypress, redwood  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusAustrocedrus Florin & Boutelje – Chilean cedar 
                               GenusCallitris Vent. – cypress-pine 
                               GenusCallitropsis Oerst.  
                               GenusCalocedrus Kurz – incense cedar 
                               GenusChamaecyparis Spach – false-cypress, faux-cypres, white cedar, cedar 
                               GenusCryptomeria D. Don – Japanese cedar 
                               GenusCunninghamia R. Br. – cunninghamia 
                               GenusCupressus L. – cypress 
                               GenusX Cuprocyparis Farjon  
                               GenusFitzroya Hook. f. ex Lindl.  
                               GenusHesperocyparis Bartel & R.A. Price  
                               GenusJuniperus L. – juniper, cedar, cedro, redcedar, sabino 
                               GenusMetasequoia Miki ex Hu & W.C. Cheng – dawn redwood 
                               GenusPlatycladus Spach – platycladus 
                               GenusSequoia Endl. – redwood 
                               GenusSequoiadendron J. Buchholz – giant sequoia 
                               GenusTaxodium Rich. – cypress, bald cypress 
                               GenusTetraclinis Mast. – tetraclinis 
                               GenusThuja L. – arborvitae, cèdre, thuya, red cedar 
                               GenusXanthocyparis Farjon & T.H. Nguyen  
       

 References
       
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, 2014, website (version 2014)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden, available at http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/   
  Reference for: Cupressaceae   
       
  Source: Gymnosperms of North America Update, database (version 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Cupressaceae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cupressaceae   
       
  Source: The Gymnosperm Database, database (version 2011-05-27)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: Available at http://www.conifers.org/index.php   
  Reference for: Cupressaceae   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Cupressaceae   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Cupressaceae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Watson, Frank D., and James E. Eckenwalder   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Cupressaceae Bartlett: Redwood or Cypress Family   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 2: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms   
  Page(s): 399-422   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-19-508242-7   
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  Reference for: Cupressaceae   
       

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