Cupressaceae Cupressus torulosa D. Don
Etymology
Cupressus refers to the Latin name for cypress.
torulosa refers to ‘torulosus’, meaning ‘cylindrical with bulges or contractions at intervals’; possibly referring to the structure of its ultimate branchlets.
Colloquial Name
Himalayan cypress
Subordinate Taxa
There exist 2 subordinate taxa for Cupressus torulosa:
Distribution
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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-YN, CHT, 4, 40, EHM, EHM-AP, EHM-BH, EHM-DJ, EHM-SI, NEP, WHM, WHM-JK
Habitat
The natural habitats for Cupressus torulosa are temperate forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 3700 up to 3700 metres. There are no conifers associated with Cupressus torulosa that are known of.
USDA Hardiness zone – 8
Cupressus torulosa 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 Cupressus torulosa is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Cupressus torulosa and they are listed as follows:
IUCN Category – NT
According to the IUCN Red List, Cupressus torulosa 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 Cupressus torulosa is Cupressus. The coordinate taxa for Cupressus torulosa are therefore:
- Cupressus arizonica
- Cupressus bakeri
- Cupressus cashmeriana
- Cupressus chengiana
- Cupressus duclouxiana
- Cupressus dupreziana
- Cupressus funebris
- Cupressus goveniana
- Cupressus guadalupensis
- Cupressus lusitanica
- Cupressus macnabiana
- Cupressus macrocarpa
- Cupressus sargentii
- Cupressus sempervirens
Cupressus torulosa is further placed under Cupressoideae. Cupressus torulosa is also placed under Cupressaceae.
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Cultivars
‘Arctic Green’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Battley’s Sampson’, ‘Ericoides’, ‘Gold Spangle’, ‘Hill’s Golden’, ‘Majestica’, ‘Nana’, ‘Pendula Glauca’, ‘Silversplash’
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