Cupressus

See also: cupressus

Translingual

Cupressus macrocarpa

Etymology

From Latin cupressus (“cypress”).

Proper noun

Cupressus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – cypresses.

Usage notes

• The genus had long included the New World cypresses now often placed in Callitropsis.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; Pinopsida – class; Pinidae – subclass; Pinales – order; Cupressaceae - family; Cupressoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cupressus sempervirens (Mediterranean cypress) - type species; Cupressus atlantica (Moroccan cypress); Cupressus austrotibetica (South Tibet cypress); Cupressus cashmeriana (Bhutan cypress); Cupressus chengiana, Cheng's cypress); Cupressus duclouxiana (Yunnan cypress); Cupressus dupreziana (Saharan cypress); Cupressus funebris (weeping cypress); Cupressus gigantea (Tibetan cypress); Cupressus tonkinensis (Tonkin cypress); Cupressus torulosa (Himalayan cypress); Cupressus vietnamensis (Vietnamese cypress) - species (Old World); Cupressus abramsiana (syn. Callitropsis abramsiana, Santa Cruz cypress); Cupressus arizonica (syn. Callitropsis arizonica, Arizona cypress); Cupressus bakeri (syn. Callitropsis bakeri, Modoc cypress); Cupressus benthamii (syn. Callitropsis benthamii, Bentham's cypress); Cupressus forbesii (syn. Callitropsis forbesii, Tecate cypress); Cupressus glabra (syn. Callitropsis glabra, smooth Arizona cypress); Cupressus goveniana (syn. Callitropsis goveniana, Gowen cypress); Cupressus guadalupensis (syn. Callitropsis guadalupensis, Guadalupe cypress); Cupressus lusitanica (syn. Callitropsis lusitanica, Mexican cypress); Cupressus macnabiana (syn. Callitropsis macnabiana, Macnab cypress); Cupressus macrocarpa (syn. Callitropsis macrocarpa, Monterey cypress); Cupressus montana (syn. Callitropsis montana, San Pedro Martir cypress); Cupressus nevadensis (syn. Callitropsis nevadensis, Piute cypress); Cupressus nootkatensis, Nootka cypress); Cupressus pygmaea (syn. Callitropsis pygmaea, Mendocino cypress); Cupressus revealiana (El Rincon cypress); Cupressus sargentii (syn. Callitropsis sargentii, Sargent cypress); Cupressus stephensonii (syn. Callitropsis stephensonii, Cuyamaca cypress) - New World species

References

• Cupressus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cupressus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cupressus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cupressus at USDA Plants database