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Callitropsis pigmaea  (Lemmon) D.P. Little
Taxonomic Serial No.: 822591

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cupressus pygmaea (Lemmon) Sarg.
  
    Cupressus goveniana ssp. pygmaea (Lemmon) Bartel
  
    Cupressus goveniana var. pygmaea Lemmon
  
  Common Name(s): pygmy cypress [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                               GenusCallitropsis Oerst.  
                                  SpeciesCallitropsis pigmaea (Lemmon) D.P. Little – pygmy cypress  
       

 References
       
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  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: Callitropsis pigmaea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brummitt, R. K.  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: Report of the Nomenclature Committee for vascular plants: 59. (1710). To conserve Xanthocyparis Farjon & Hiep against Callitropsis Oerst. (Cupressaceae). Proposed by R.R. Mill & A. Farjon in Taxon 55: 229-231. 2006. Votes: 14-4 (recommended)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Taxon, vol. 56   
  Page(s): 1290-1291   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0040-0262   
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  Reference for: Callitropsis pigmaea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): de Laubenfels, D. J.  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Nomenclatural Actions for the New World Cypresses (Cupressaceae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Novon, vol. 19, no. 3   
  Page(s): 300-306   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-3177   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Callitropsis pigmaea   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Little, Damon P.  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title: Evolution and circumscription of the true cypresses (Cupressaceae: Cupressus)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systematic Botany, vol. 31, no. 3   
  Page(s): 461-480   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0363-6445   
  Notes: Online ISSN: 1548-2324   
  Reference for: Callitropsis pigmaea   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Current ITIS nomenclature for these genera follows Little's (2006) taxonomic revision, rather than de D.J. Laubenfel's (2009) revision. A ruling is anticipated at the 2011 International Code of Botanical Nomenclature meeting  
 

 

    

 
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