Cunninghamia lanceolata

Cupressaceae Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook.

Etymology
Cunninghamia refers to the English botanist A. Cunningham.
lanceolata refers to ‘lanceolate’; indicating its leaves are pointy (lance-like).

Colloquial Name
Chinese fir, China fir

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-CQ, CHC-GZ, CHC-HU, CHC-SC, CHC-YN, CHH, CHS, CHS-AH, CHS-FJ, CHS-GD, CHS-GX, CHS-HE, CHS-HN, CHS-JS, CHS-JX, CHS-ZJ, 4, 41, LAO, VIE

Habitat
The natural habitats for Cunninghamia lanceolata are temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. Other conifers associated with Cunninghamia lanceolata are:

USDA Hardiness zone – 7
Cunninghamia lanceolata is hardy to USDA Zone 7 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -17.8C (0F) to -12.2C (10F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Cunninghamia lanceolata is stable. There are no known threats for Cunninghamia lanceolata.

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Cunninghamia lanceolata 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 Cunninghamia lanceolata is Cunninghamia. The coordinate taxa for Cunninghamia lanceolata are therefore:

Cunninghamia lanceolata is further placed under Cunninghamioideae. Cunninghamia lanceolata is also placed under Cupressaceae.

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Cultivars
‘Aurea’, ‘Bánó’, ‘Chason’s Gift’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Glauca’, ‘Glauca Pendula’, ‘Greer’s Dwarf’, ‘Lemon Lime’, ‘Nana’, ‘Samurai’, ‘Starling’s Dwarf’