Cupressus revealiana

Cupressus revealiana is a rare Mexican species of conifer in the cypress family, is endemic to a small area of the State of Baja California in northwestern Mexico.[2][3]

Cupressus revealiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Cupressus
Species:
C. revealiana
Binomial name
Cupressus revealiana
(Silba) Bisbee 2012
Synonyms[1]
  • Cupressus arizonica var. revealiana Silba 1981
  • Hesperocyparis revealiana (Silba) Silba 2009
  • Cupressus arizonica subsp. revealiana (Silba) Silba 2005

The type locality is the Rincón de Santa Catarina, in the Sierra de Juárez of the Peninsular Ranges System.[3]

Description

Cupressus revealiana is a tree up to 10 meters (33 feet) tall. It has red scaly bark.

Male cones are 3–4 mm long. Female cones are 15–20 mm long.[2][4]

References
  1. The International Plant Names Index, Cupressus arizonica var. revealiana Silba
  2. Silba, John 1981. Phytologia 49(4): 393 diagnosis in Latin, description in English, as Cupressus arizonica var. revealiana
  3. Conifers.org: Cupressus revealiana
  4. J. Bisbee & D. Maerki. 2012. Cupressus revealiana (Silba) Bisbee comb. nov., validation as a new Cupressus species, with notes on the identification and distribution of other nearby cypress species. Bulletin of the Cupressus Conservation Project 1(1):3-15 includes many color photos plus comparisons with other species
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