Cupressus

Cupressus

See also: cupressus

Translingual

Cupressus macrocarpa

Etymology

From Latin cupressus (“cypress”).

Proper noun

Cupressus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – the cypresses.

Usage notes

• The genus had long included the New World cypresses now often placed in Callitropsis.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; Pinopsida - class; Pinidae - subclass; Pinales - order; Cupressaceae - family; Cupressoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cupressus sempervirens (Mediterranean cypress) - type species; Cupressus atlantica (Moroccan cypress); Cupressus austrotibetica (South Tibet cypress); Cupressus cashmeriana (Bhutan cypress); Cupressus chengiana, Cheng's cypress); Cupressus duclouxiana (Yunnan cypress); Cupressus dupreziana (Saharan cypress); Cupressus funebris (weeping cypress); Cupressus gigantea (Tibetan cypress); Cupressus tonkinensis (Tonkin cypress); Cupressus torulosa (Himalayan cypress); Cupressus vietnamensis (Vietnamese cypress) - species (Old World); Cupressus abramsiana (Callitropsis abramsiana, Santa Cruz cypress); Cupressus arizonica (Callitropsis arizonica, Arizona cypress); Cupressus bakeri (Callitropsis bakeri, Modoc cypress); Cupressus benthamii (Callitropsis benthamii, Bentham's cypress); Cupressus forbesii (Callitropsis forbesii, Tecate cypress); Cupressus glabra (Callitropsis glabra, smooth Arizona cypress); Cupressus goveniana (Callitropsis goveniana, Gowen cypress); Cupressus guadalupensis (Callitropsis guadalupensis, Guadalupe cypress); Cupressus lusitanica (Callitropsis lusitanica, Mexican cypress); Cupressus macnabiana (Callitropsis macnabiana, Macnab cypress); Cupressus macrocarpa (Callitropsis macrocarpa, Monterey cypress); Cupressus montana (Callitropsis montana, San Pedro Martir cypress); Cupressus nevadensis (Callitropsis nevadensis, Piute cypress); Cupressus nootkatensis, Nootka cypress); Cupressus pygmaea (Callitropsis pygmaea, Mendocino cypress); Cupressus revealiana (El Rincon cypress); Cupressus sargentii (Callitropsis sargentii, Sargent cypress); Cupressus stephensonii (Callitropsis stephensonii, Cuyamaca cypress) - New World species

References

• Cupressus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cupressus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cupressus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cupressus at USDA Plants database