Species In Genus: 1 sp.
Etymology: (Greek: resembling
Callitris)
Note: Callitropsis Oerst. probably will not be available for use in plant names after 2012, when
Xanthocyparis or another genus name probably will be needed for
Callitropsis nootkatensis; all other California taxa formerly in
Callitropsis (and before that, in TJM (1993), in
Cupressus) are here included in
Hesperocyparis Bartel & R.A. Price.
Unabridged Note: The genus name Xanthocyparis Farjon & Hiep has been proposed for conservation against Callitropsis Oerst. by a vote of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants (Brummitt 2007 Taxon 56: 1290--1291), and if the vote is ratified at the next Botanical Congress in Melbourne in 2012, either Xanthocyparis or another genus name would be needed for Callitropsis nootkatensis; all other California taxa formerly in Callitropsis (and before that, in TJM (1993), in Cupressus) have been transferred to the new genus Hesperocyparis Bartel & R.A. Price and it is in that genus that these taxa are to be treated in TJM2.Jepson eFlora Author: Jim A. Bartel
Reference: Debreczy et al. 2009 Phytologia 91:140--159; Little 2006 Syst Bot 31:461--480
Unabridged Reference: Bartel et al. 2003 Biochem Syst Ecol 31:693--702Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
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