Cedrus deodara

Pinaceae Cedrus deodara (Lamb.) G. Don

Etymology
Cedrus refers to the classical Latin name for fragrant wood of some conifers.
deodara refers to the common name for this tree in India; ‘Deodar’.

Colloquial Name
Deodar cedar, Himalayan cedar

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 34, AFG, 36, CHT, 4, 40, NEP, PAK, WHM, WHM-HP, WHM-JK, WHM-UT

Habitat
The natural habitats for Cedrus deodara are temperate forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 3300 up to 3300 metres. Other conifers associated with Cedrus deodara are:

USDA Hardiness zone – 8
Cedrus deodara is hardy to USDA Zone 8 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -12.2C (10F) to -6.7C (20F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Cedrus deodara is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Cedrus deodara and they are listed as follows:

• 1 Habitat Loss & Degradation
  • 1.1 Agriculture & Forestry
• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Cedrus deodara has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Cedrus deodara is Cedrus. The coordinate taxa for Cedrus deodara are therefore:

Cedrus deodara is further placed under Abietoideae. Cedrus deodara is also placed under Pinaceae.

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Cultivars
‘Albospica’, ‘Anny’s Dwarf’, ‘Argentea’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Aurea Wells’, ‘Bergman’s Golden Prostrate’, ‘Bewley’s Variegated’, ‘Bill’s Blue’, ‘Blue Ball’, ‘Blue Dwarf’, ‘Blue Mountain Broom’, ‘Blue Snake’, ‘Blue Velvet’, ‘Bonte Sport’, ‘Bush’s Electra’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Cream Puff’, ‘Deep Cove’, ‘Descanso Dwarf’, ‘Divinely Blue’, ‘Eisregen’, ‘Eiswinter’, ‘Emerald Creeper’, ‘Emerald Falls’, ‘Emerald Spreader’, ‘Erecta’, ‘Fallout’, ‘Fastigiata’, ‘Feelin’ Blue’, ‘First Snow’, ‘Girard’s Weeper’, ‘Glauca’, ‘Glacier Blue’, ‘Gold Cascade’, ‘Gold Cone’, ‘Gold Gowa’, ‘Gold Mound’, ‘Gold Nugget’, ‘Gold Rush’, ‘Gold Strike’, ‘Golden Horizon’, ‘Harvest Gold’, ‘Hesse’, ‘Hibernal’, ‘Hollandia’, ‘Ibridio’, ‘Karl Fuchs’, ‘Kashmir’, ‘Kelly’s Gold’, ‘Klondyke’, ‘Lakeview’, ‘Lime Glow’, ‘Limelight’, ‘Lohbrunner’s Weeper’, ‘Miles High’, ‘Montrose Veil’, ‘Mountain Beauty’, ‘Mt Buffalo’, ‘Mylor’, ‘Nana’, ‘Nana Aurea’, ‘Nivea’, ‘Nugget’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Polar Winter’, ‘Prostrata’, ‘Prostrate Beauty’, ‘Pygmaea’, ‘Pygmy’, ‘Raywood’s Contorted’, ‘Raywood’s Prostrate Dwarf’, ‘Repandens’, ‘Robusta’, ‘Robusta Green’, ‘Sampson’, ‘Sander’s Blue’, ‘Scott’, ‘Shalimar’, ‘Sharp’s Golden Weeping’, ‘Silver Mist’, ‘Silver Spring’, ‘Snow Sprite’, ‘Tristis’, ‘Twisted Weeper’, ‘Uwe’, ‘Vaneta’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Verticillata Glauca’, ‘Victoria’, ‘Vink’s Golden’, ‘Viridis’, ‘Viridis Prostrata’, ‘Warrakilla’, ‘Waverly Ridge’, ‘Wells Prostrate’, ‘Wells Golden’, ‘White Imp’, ‘Wiesemannii’