Cupressus torulosa var. torulosa

Cupressaceae Cupressus torulosa var. 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 var. 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 var. torulosa that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 8
Cupressus torulosa var. 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 var. torulosa is unknown. There are no known threats for Cupressus torulosa var. torulosa.

IUCN Category – NT
According to the IUCN Red List, Cupressus torulosa var. 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 torulosa var. torulosa is further placed under Cupressoideae. Cupressus torulosa var. torulosa is also placed under Cupressaceae.

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