Cupressaceae Glyptostrobus pensilis (Staunton ex D. Don) K. Koch
Etymology
Glyptostrobus refers to ‘carved cone’; indicating the grooves in its cone scales.
pencilis refers to ‘pencillatus’; indicating its branchlets are pencil shaped.
Colloquial Name
Chinese Swamp cypress, Chinese Water fir, Water pine
Distribution
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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHS, CHS-FJ, CHS-GD, 4, 41, LAO, VIE
Habitat
The natural habitats for Glyptostrobus pensilis are subtropical/tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical/tropical swampy forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 700 up to 700 metres. There are no conifers associated with Glyptostrobus pensilis that are known of.
USDA Hardiness zone – 8
Glyptostrobus pensilis 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 Glyptostrobus pensilis is decreasing. Currently, there exist about 100-250 mature specimen. There are ongoing threats for Glyptostrobus pensilis and they are listed as follows:
IUCN Category – CR
According to the IUCN Red List, Glyptostrobus pensilis has been assigned the status of CR(Critically Endangered). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species qualifies as Critically endangered and is on the brink of being extinct in the wild.
Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Glyptostrobus pensilis is Glyptostrobus. Because Glyptostrobus contains only one species, this taxon is considered as monotypic.Glyptostrobus pensilis is further placed under Taxodioideae. Glyptostrobus pensilis is also placed under Cupressaceae.
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