Cupressus macrocarpa

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

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 macrocarpa

Species Authority:

Hartw. ex Gord.

Common Name/s:

English	–	Monterey Cypress
Spanish	–	Ciprés de California, Ciprés Monterrey

Synonym/s:

Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw. ex Gordon) Bartel

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable D2 ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

–

Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	In the wild this species is restricted to two healthy subpopulations occurring in Point Lobos and Point Cypress.
Countries:	Native: United States (California)
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Population [top]

Population:	A widely planted and naturalized species. The Point Lobos subpopulation is thought to contain between 500 and 1,000 individuals.

Population:

A widely planted and naturalized species. The Point Lobos subpopulation is thought to contain between 500 and 1,000 individuals.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Both subpopulations are protected.

Conservation Actions:

Both subpopulations are protected.

Bibliography [top]

	Farjon, A. et al. 1998. Data collection forms for conifer species completed by the IUCN/SSC Conifer Specialist Group between 1996 and 1998. Lucas, G.L.l. and Synge, H. (compilers) 1978. The IUCN Plant Red Data Book. IUCN, Morges, Switzerland. Morin, N.R. (ed.) 1993. Flora of North America - North of Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Tibor, D. (compiler) 1998. Threatened tree information from the California Native Plant Society (unpublished). 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.

Farjon, A. et al. 1998. Data collection forms for conifer species completed by the IUCN/SSC Conifer Specialist Group between 1996 and 1998.

Lucas, G.L.l. and Synge, H. (compilers) 1978. The IUCN Plant Red Data Book. IUCN, Morges, Switzerland.

Morin, N.R. (ed.) 1993. Flora of North America - North of Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York.

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

Tibor, D. (compiler) 1998. Threatened tree information from the California Native Plant Society (unpublished).

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 macrocarpa. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
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