Cupressus
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See also: cupressus
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin cupressus (“cypress”).
Proper noun[edit]
Cupressus f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – cypresses.
Usage notes[edit]
- The genus had long included the New World cypresses now often placed in Callitropsis.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (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[edit]
- (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[edit]
Cupressus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Cupressus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Cupressus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Cupressus at USDA Plants database
