Cupressaceae Calocedrus macrolepis Kurz
Etymology
Calocedrus refers to ‘beautiful cedar’; indicating its beauty.
macrolepis refers to ‘large scale’; indicating the larger size of its seed cone scales.
Colloquial Name
Chinese incense-cedar
Distribution
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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-GZ, CHC-YN, CHH, CHS, CHS-GX, 4, 41, LAO, MYA, THA, VIE
Habitat
The natural habitats for Calocedrus macrolepis are subtropical/tropical moist montane forests, temperate forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 2000 up to 2000 metres. Other conifers associated with Calocedrus macrolepis are:
USDA Hardiness zone – 9
Calocedrus macrolepis is hardy to USDA Zone 9 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -6.7C (20F) to -1.1C (30F).
Species Continuity
The population trend for Calocedrus macrolepis is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Calocedrus macrolepis and they are listed as follows:
IUCN Category – NT
According to the IUCN Red List, Calocedrus macrolepis 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 Calocedrus macrolepis is Calocedrus. The coordinate taxa for Calocedrus macrolepis are therefore:
Calocedrus macrolepis is further placed under Cupressoideae. Calocedrus macrolepis is also placed under Cupressaceae.
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