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Hesperocyparis lusitanica

Hesperocyparis lusitanica
Hesperocyparis lusitanica in Jalisco, Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Hesperocyparis
Species:
H. lusitanica
Binomial name
Hesperocyparis lusitanica
(Mill.) Bartel
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Callitropsis lusitanica (Mill.) D.P.Little (2006)
    • Cupressus assamica Silba (1994)
    • Cupressus benthamii var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Mast. (1896)
    • Cupressus coerulea J.Verschaff. (1887)
    • Cupressus coerulea var. nana Van Geert (1864)
    • Cupressus coulteri J.Forbes (1839)
    • Cupressus excelsa J.Scott ex Carrière (1855)
    • Cupressus glauca Lam. (1786)
    • Cupressus glauca var. tristis Endl. (1847)
    • Cupressus karwinskiana Regel (1857)
    • Cupressus lindleyi Klotzsch ex Endl. (1847)
    • Cupressus lindleyi var. alba J.Verschaff. (1887)
    • Cupressus lindleyi subsp. hondurensis (Silba) Silba (2005)
    • Cupressus lindleyi var. hondurensis (Silba) Silba (1994)
    • Cupressus lusitanica Mill. (1768)
    • Cupressus lusitanica var. typica Franco (1945)
    • Cupressus mexicana K.Koch (1873)
    • Cupressus pendula L'Hér. (1785)
    • Cupressus sinensis J.Lee ex Gordon & Glend. (1858)
    • Cupressus thurifera Lindl. (1839)
    • Cupressus uhdeana Gordon ex Carrière (1855)
    • Hesperocyparis lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Silba (2009)
    • Juniperus uhdeana Gordon (1850)
    • Neocupressus lusitanica (Mill.) de Laub. (2009)
Cupressus lusitanica var. lusitanica foliage and cones
Cupressus lusitanica section

Hesperocyparis lusitanica, the Mexican cypress, cedar-of-Goa or Goa cedar, is a species of cypress native to Mexico and Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras). It has also been introduced to Belize, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, growing at 1,200–3,000 metres (3,900–9,800 ft) altitude.

The scientific name lusitanica (of Portugal) refers to its very early cultivation there, with plants imported from Mexico to the monastery at Buçaco, near Coimbra in Portugal in about 1634; these trees were already over 130 years old when the species was botanically described by Miller in 1768.

In Mexico, the tree is also known as cedro blanco (white cedar) or teotlate.

  1. ^ Farjon, A. (2013). "Cupressus lusitanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42221A2962663. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42221A2962663.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Hesperocyparis lusitanica (Mill.) Bartel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

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