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Chapter 20 - Cupressus

Cupressales: Cupressaceae S.S.

from Part III - Living Arborescent Gymnosperm Genetic Presentations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2024

Christopher N. Page
Christopher N. Page
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University of Exeter
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Summary

Tall, medium-sized to sometimes massive, monoecious evergreen trees, with a crown which is tapering at first, becoming more billowing with age. Their branch systems are numerous, slender, spreading, compressed and flattened, to form ultimate branchlets within a single plane, pendulous in some species (e.g. C. torulosa, C. funebris, C. cashmeriana) forming long whip-like tips, giving the trees a cascading appearance.

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Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
Pattern, Process and Diversity
 , pp. 395 - 407
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Cupressus
  • Christopher N. Page, University of Exeter
  • Book: Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
  • Online publication: 11 November 2024
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