Cupressaceae Chamaecyparis obtusa (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl.
Etymology
Chamaecyparis refers to ‘dwarf/creeping’ and ‘cypress’.
obtusa refers to ‘obtuse’; indicating the leaf apex is not pointy.
Colloquial Name
Hinoki cypress, Japanese cypress
Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Chamaecyparis obtusa:
Distribution
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TDWG Codes
3, 38, JAP, JAP-HN, JAP-KY, TAI
Habitat
The natural habitats for Chamaecyparis obtusa are temperate forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 1 up to 3000 metres. Other conifers associated with Chamaecyparis obtusa are:
USDA Hardiness zone – 6
Chamaecyparis obtusa is hardy to USDA Zone 6 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -23.3C (-10F) to -17.8C (0F).
Species Continuity
The population trend for Chamaecyparis obtusa is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Chamaecyparis obtusa and they are listed as follows:
IUCN Category – NT
According to the IUCN Red List, Chamaecyparis obtusa has been assigned the status of NT(Near Threatened). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not threatened, but is close to having this status.
Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Chamaecyparis obtusa is Chamaecyparis. The coordinate taxa for Chamaecyparis obtusa are therefore:
Chamaecyparis obtusa is further placed under Cupressoideae. Chamaecyparis obtusa is also placed under Cupressaceae.
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Cultivars
‘22 Karat’, ‘Adera’, ‘Adera Nana’, ‘Alaska’, ‘Albospica’, ‘Albovariegata’, ‘Andorra’, ‘Aonokujahuhiba’, ‘Argentea’, ‘Arneson’s Compact’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Aurea Conspicua’, ‘Aureovariegata’, ‘Aurora’, ‘Autumn Gold’, ‘Baldwin Variegated’, ‘Bambi’, ‘Barabit’, ‘Barkenny’, ‘Bartley’, ‘Basset’, ‘Bess’, ‘Blizzard’, ‘Blue Feathers’, ‘Blue Globe’, ‘Breviramea’, ‘Breviramea Aurea’, ‘Brian’, ‘Brigitt’, ‘Brigitt’s Beehive’, ‘Bronze Elegance’, ‘Bronze Pygmy’, ‘Butterball’, ‘Buttonball’, ‘Caespitosa’, ‘Carmen’, ‘Chabo-yadori’, ‘Chabo-yadori-nishiki’, ‘Chicane’, ‘Chileab’, ‘Chilworth’, ‘Chirimen’, ‘Clarke’s Seedling’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Compact Fernspray’, ‘Compact Pyramid’, ‘Confucius’, ‘Contorta’, ‘Coralliformis’, ‘Cream Tart’, ‘Crippsii’, ‘Dainty Doll’, ‘Den Ouden’, ‘Densa’, ‘Dilatush’, ‘Douglas’, ‘Drath’, ‘Drath Hexe’, ‘Dwarf Fernspray’, ‘Eddie Junior’, ‘Elf’, ‘Ellie B’, ‘Emelie’, ‘Erecta’, ‘Ericifolia’, ‘Ericoides’, ‘Ericoides Variegated’, ‘Erika’, ‘Fantasy’, ‘Fernspray Gold’, ‘Filicoid Dwarf’, ‘Filicoides’, ‘Filicoides Compacta’, ‘Filiformis’, ‘Filiformis Aurea’, ‘Flabelliformis’, ‘Fontana’, ‘Gazebo’, ‘Gemstone’, ‘Gimborn Beauty’, ‘Gitte’, ‘Globosa Variegata’, ‘Gnome’, ‘Gold Drop’, ‘Golden Ceramic’, ‘Golden Fairy’, ‘Golden Fastigiata’, ‘Golden Fern’, ‘Golden Filament’, ‘Golden Grape’, ‘Golden Hage’, ‘Golden Nymph’, ‘Golden Pillar’, ‘Golden Sensation’, ‘Golden Sprite’, ‘Golden Whorl’, ‘Goldilocks’, ‘Gold Lace’, ‘Goldspire’, ‘Gracilis’, ‘Gracilis Aurea’, ‘Graciosa’, ‘Grayswood Bronze’, ‘Green Cushion’, ‘Green Diamond’, ‘Green Wave’, ‘Hage’, ‘Hannah’, ‘Harumi’, ‘Heavy Texture’, ‘Hillock’, ‘Hinoki King’, ‘Hiriori JR’, ‘Hypnoides Nana’, ‘Intermedia’, ‘Ivan’s Column’, ‘Jade’, ‘Janneke’, ‘Jan Verkade’, ‘Jean Iseli’, ‘Joel Spingarn’, ‘JR’, ‘Junior’, ‘Juniperoides’, ‘Juniperoides Compacta’, ‘Just Dandy’, ‘Kamaanihiba’, ‘Kamakura’, ‘Kamarachiba’, ‘Kerdalo’, ‘Keteleeri’, ‘Kimaanihiba’, ‘Kojolcohiba’, ‘Kosteri’, ‘Kosteri Fast Form’, ‘Lacy’, ‘Laxa’, ‘Lemon Twist’, ‘Lenny’s Star’, ‘Leprechaun’, ‘Limerick’, ‘Little Ann’, ‘Little John’, ‘Little Marky’, ‘Loenik’, ‘Loughead’, ‘Lucas’, ‘Lutea Nana’, ‘Lutea Nova’, ‘Lycopodioides’, ‘Lycopodioides Aurea’, ‘Lynn’s Golden’, ‘Magnifica’, ‘Magnifica Aurea’, ‘Marble Mountain’, ‘Marchant’, ‘Marian’, ‘Mariesii’, ‘Mastin’, ‘Maureen’, ‘Melody’, ‘Meroke’, ‘Meroke Twin’, ‘Mhondoro’, ‘Minima’, ‘Misiki’, ‘Moonlight Lace’, ‘Moonshine’, ‘Nana’, ‘Nana Argentea’, ‘Nana Aurea’, ‘Nana Compacta’, ‘Nana Confucius’, ‘Nana Densa’, ‘Nana Gracilis’, ‘Nana Lutea’, ‘Nana Prostrata’, ‘Nana Pyramidalis’, ‘Nicky’, ‘Opaal’, ‘Oregon Crested’, ‘Paul’s Select’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Pixie’, ‘Prostrata’, ‘Pygmaea’, ‘Pygmaea Aurescens’, ‘Pygmy Filicoides’, ‘Pygmy White Fleck’, ‘Rainbow’, ‘Raraflora’, ‘Rashahiba’, ‘Rashahiba Variegated’, ‘Regina’s Gold’, ‘Reis Dwarf’, ‘Repens’, ‘Rezek Dwarf’, ‘Rigid Dwarf’, ‘Saffron Spray’, ‘Sarah Verkade’, ‘Shogun’s Gold’, ‘Slim Jim’, ‘Snow Blast’, ‘Snowflake’, ‘Snowkist’, ‘South Shore’, ‘Sparkles’, ‘Special Variegated’, ‘Spiralis’, ‘Spirited’, ‘Split Rock’, ‘Stoneham’, ‘Strangman’, ‘Suiroyahiba’, ‘Sunburst’, ‘Sundance’, ‘Sunny Swirl’, ‘Sunshine’, ‘Sunspray’, ‘Takaka’, ‘Teddy Bear’, ‘Tempelhof’, ‘Tetragona Aurea’, ‘Timothy’, ‘Tiny Tot’, ‘Tonia’, ‘Topsy’, ‘Torulosa’, ‘Tsatsumi’, ‘Tsatsumi Gold’, ‘Uprising Gold’, ‘Van Nes’, ‘Verdon’, ‘Verkade’s Golden’, ‘Verkade’s Sunburst’, ‘Vokel’s Upright’, ‘Walker’s Pillar’, ‘Watchi’, ‘Well’s Nana Select’, ‘Well’s Special’, ‘Willamette Elegance’, ‘Winter Gold’, ‘Wissel’, ‘Wyckoff’, ‘Yellowtip’, ‘Youngii’, ‘Zog’
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