Cupressus lusitanica var. benthamii

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	CUPRESSACEAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(Endl.) Carrière

Common Name/s:

English	–	Bentham's Cypress
Spanish	–	Cedro Blanco, Ciprés, Sabina

Synonym/s:

Cupressus benthamii Endl.

Hesperocyparis benthamii (Endl.) Bartel

Red List Category & Criteria:

Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

–

Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Range Description:	Border regions of several Mexican states.
Countries:	Native: Mexico (Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz)
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Habitat and Ecology:	The species occurs in montane forest, in oak and mesophillous formations.
Systems:	Terrestrial

	Farjon, A., Page, C.N. and Schellevis, N. 1993. A preliminary world list of threatened conifer taxa. Biodiversity and Conservation 2: 304-326. McVaugh, R. 1992. Flora Novo-Galiciana. University of Michigan Herbarium, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Ramirez-Marcial, N. and González-Espinosa, M. 1997. Completed data collection forms of threatened tree species in Chiapas.

Farjon, A., Page, C.N. and Schellevis, N. 1993. A preliminary world list of threatened conifer taxa. Biodiversity and Conservation 2: 304-326.

McVaugh, R. 1992. Flora Novo-Galiciana. University of Michigan Herbarium, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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

Ramirez-Marcial, N. and González-Espinosa, M. 1997. Completed data collection forms of threatened tree species in Chiapas.

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Cupressus lusitanica var. benthamii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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