Cupressus goveniana ssp. goveniana

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	CUPRESSACEAE

Scientific Name:

Cupressus goveniana ssp. goveniana

Common Name/s:

English

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Dwarf Cypress, Gowen Cypress, Mendocino Cypress, North Coast Cypress, Pygmy Cypress, Santa Cruz Cypress

Synonym/s:

Callitropsis goveniana (Gordon) D.P. Little

Cupressus goveniana Gordon subspecies pigmaea (Lemmon) A. Camus

Hesperocyparis goveniana (Gordon) Bartel

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable D2 ver 2.3

Year Published:

2000

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1998	–	Vulnerable (Oldfield et al. 1998)
1998	–	Vulnerable
1997	–	Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Five subpopulations known, in S.F.B. Morse Botanical Reserve, Point Lobos Reserve, where the species is protected, and along the coast in Mendocin and north-west Sonoma Counties. The coastal populations are sometimes known as var. pygmaea.
Countries:	Native: United States (California)
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Population [top]

Population:	Less than 1,000 individuals are thought to exist.

Population:

Less than 1,000 individuals are thought to exist.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are some pressures from local development, altered fire regimes and possibly from non-native plants.

Major Threat(s):

There are some pressures from local development, altered fire regimes and possibly from non-native plants.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The taxon is protected in Point Lobos Reserve.

Conservation Actions:

The taxon is protected in Point Lobos Reserve.

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. Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. 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).

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

Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

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).

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 2000. Cupressus goveniana ssp. goveniana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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