New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Chamaecyparis

By Steven D. Glenn

Not peer reviewed

Last Modified 01/17/2012

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Nomenclature

Chamaecyparis Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 11: 329. 1842. LECTOTYPE: Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea Spach, nom. illeg. (Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) BSP.) designated by Pfeiffer (1873).

Key to the species of Chamaecyparis

 

List of Chamaecyparis Species

Chamaecyparis thyoides

References to Chamaecyparis

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