Cupressus sempervirens

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	CUPRESSACEAE

Scientific Name:

Cupressus sempervirens

Species Authority:

Common Name/s:

English

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Italian Cypress

Taxonomic Notes:

The species is sometimes referred to in different varieties. Only var. horizontalis is believed to originate from the wild and therefore is the only taxon considered in this context.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

History:

1997

–

Not Threatened (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	The species is sometimes referred to in different varieties. Only var. horizontalis is believed to originate from the wild and therefore is the only taxon considered in this context. The type specimen was collected from Crete. Populations which are questionably wild are also known from southern Turkey and northern Iran, where it is very vulnerable.
Countries:	Native: Greece (Kriti); Iran, Islamic Republic of; Turkey

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is planted all over the Mediterranean.

Conservation Actions:

It is planted all over the Mediterranean.

Bibliography [top]

	Bokhari, M.H. 1975. A new record of Cupressus in SW Iran. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 33(3): 445-447. Farjon, A. 1994. Annotations to: Conservation status listing of conifers of the world, 15 June 1994. Güner, A. and Zielinski, J. 1996. The conservation status of Turkish woody flora. In: D.R. Hunt (ed.) Temperate trees under threat, pp.12. Proceedings of an International Dendrological Society Symposium on the conservation status of temperate trees, 30 Sept.-1 Oct. 1994, University of Bonn, Bonn. Jiménez, J. 1978. Lista tentativa de plantas de la República Dominicana que deben protegerse para evitar su extinción. Coloquio Internacional sobre la practica de la conservación, Santo Domingo. CIBIMA/UASD. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. and Webb, D.A. (eds) 1995. Flora Europaea Volumes 1-5. Electronic dataset supplied by R.J Pankhurst, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Bokhari, M.H. 1975. A new record of Cupressus in SW Iran. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 33(3): 445-447.

Farjon, A. 1994. Annotations to: Conservation status listing of conifers of the world, 15 June 1994.

Güner, A. and Zielinski, J. 1996. The conservation status of Turkish woody flora. In: D.R. Hunt (ed.) Temperate trees under threat, pp.12. Proceedings of an International Dendrological Society Symposium on the conservation status of temperate trees, 30 Sept.-1 Oct. 1994, University of Bonn, Bonn.

Jiménez, J. 1978. Lista tentativa de plantas de la República Dominicana que deben protegerse para evitar su extinción. Coloquio Internacional sobre la practica de la conservación, Santo Domingo. CIBIMA/UASD.

Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. and Webb, D.A. (eds) 1995. Flora Europaea Volumes 1-5. Electronic dataset supplied by R.J Pankhurst, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Cupressus sempervirens. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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