Cupressus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin cupressus (“cypress”). === Proper noun === Cupressus f 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 sensu stricto Cupressus abramsiana (syn. of Hesperocyparis abramsiana, Santa Cruz cypress); Cupressus arizonica (syn. of Hesperocyparis arizonica, Arizona cypress); Cupressus bakeri (syn. of Hesperocyparis bakeri, Modoc cypress); Cupressus benthamii (syn. of Hesperocyparis benthamii, Bentham's cypress); Cupressus forbesii (syn. of Hesperocyparis forbesii, Tecate cypress); Cupressus glabra (syn. of Hesperocyparis glabra, smooth Arizona cypress); Cupressus goveniana (syn. of Hesperocyparis goveniana, Gowen cypress); Cupressus guadalupensis (syn. of Hesperocyparis guadalupensis, Guadalupe cypress); Cupressus lusitanica (syn. of Hesperocyparis lusitanica, Mexican cypress); Cupressus macnabiana (syn. of Hesperocyparis macnabiana, Macnab cypress); Cupressus macrocarpa (syn. of Hesperocyparis macrocarpa, Monterey cypress); Cupressus montana (syn. of Hesperocyparis montana, San Pedro Martir cypress); Cupressus nevadensis (syn. of Hesperocyparis nevadensis, Piute cypress); Callitropsis nootkatensis, Nootka cypress); Cupressus pygmaea (syn. of Hesperocyparis pygmaea, Mendocino cypress); Cupressus revealiana (El Rincon cypress); Cupressus sargentii (syn. of Hesperocyparis sargentii, Sargent cypress); Cupressus stephensonii (syn. of Hesperocyparis stephensonii, Cuyamaca cypress) – New World species (now in genera Callitropsis and Hesperocyparis) === See also === Hesperocyparis Callitropsis Xanthocyparis === References === Cupressus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Cupressus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Cupressus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Cupressus at USDA Plants database Cupressus at Gymnosperm Database Cupressus at Plants of the World Online