Cupressaceae
Cupressus

Cupressus sempervirens L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1002 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Iran. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is has environmental uses, as a poison and a medicine and for fuel.

Distribution

Native to:

Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Palestine, Turkey

Introduced into:

Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Krym, Morocco, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aymerich, P. (2019). Notes sobre flora allòctona a Catalunya. II. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural 83: 3-21.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 1: 1-526. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Greuter, W. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2012). Med-Checklist Notulae, 31. Willdenowia 42: 287-295.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2019. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (ed.) (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2001 Sintenis, P.E.E. [506] Cyprus K000088120 No
Jan 1, 2001 Kotschy [327] Lebanon K000088010 No
May 1, 1999 Chapman, G.W. [29] Syria K000088130 No
May 1, 1999 Davis, P.H. [49998] Libya K000088116 No
May 1, 1999 Pampanini, R.; Pichi-Sermolli, R.E.G. [N106] Libya K000088119 No
May 1, 1999 Andersen, J.S.; Petersen, I.C. [217] Iran K000088127 No
May 1, 1999 Heldreich, T.H.H., von [s.n.] Greece K000088123 No
May 1, 1999 Bourgeau, E. [5337] Greece K000088124 No
May 1, 1999 Davis, P.H. [40347] Greece K000088122 No
May 1, 1999 Polunin, O. [5266] Lebanon K000088131 No
May 1, 1999 Karamanli, K., el [908] Libya K000088118 No
May 1, 1999 Davis, P.H. [40481] Greece K000088121 No
May 1, 1999 Kennedy, E.W. [1870] Cyprus K000088125 No
May 1, 1999 Bowles Scholarship Bot. Exped. [837] Iran K000088129 No
May 1, 1999 Kennedy, E.W. [1532] Cyprus K000088126 No
May 1, 1999 Archibald, J.C. [2319] Iran K000088013 No
May 1, 1999 Fowler, S.V.; Shaw, R.H. [s.n.] Syria K000088014 No
May 1, 1999 Gimingham, C.H. [86] Libya K000088117 No
May 1, 1999 Furse, P. [2865] Iran K000088128 No
Jun 5, 1995 Davis, P.H. [14065] Turkey K000088009 No
Jun 1, 1995 Balansa, B. [s.n.] Turkey K000088012 No
Jun 1, 1995 Davis, P.H. [41377] Turkey K000088016 No
Jun 1, 1995 Davis, P.H.; Polunin, O. [25933] Turkey K000075102 No
Jun 1, 1995 Davis, P.H.; Bokhari, ? [56383] Iran K000088008 No
Jun 1, 1995 Davis, P.H. [41150] Turkey K000088015 No
Jun 1, 1995 Davis, P.H.; Polunin, O. [25818] Turkey K000088011 No
K:SPC-73791.000 No

Sources

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    • EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0