Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae Temporal range:
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Cupressus sempervirens foliage and cones | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnosperms |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Cupressales
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Family: | Cupressaceae Bartlett[1] |
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Cupressaceae is a
of mature trees is commonly orange- to red-brown and of stringy texture, often flaking or peeling in vertical strips, but smooth, scaly or hard and square-cracked in some species.Description

The
The
Cupressaceae is a widely distributed conifer family, with a near-global range in all continents except for Antarctica, stretching from 70°N in arctic
The world's largest (Sequoiadendron giganteum) and tallest (Sequoia sempervirens) trees belong to the Cupressaceae, as do six of the ten longest-lived tree species.
Classification



Molecular and morphological studies have expanded Cupressaceae to include the genera of
The family is divided into seven subfamilies, based on genetic and morphological analysis as follows:[10][11]
- Subfamily
- Cunninghamia R.Br.
- † Elatides Middle Jurassic- Early Cretaceous, Eurasia (possibly North America)
- † Hughmillerites Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Europe, North America
- † Sewardiodendron Middle Jurassic, Asia
- † Scitistrobus Middle Jurassic, Europe
- † Pentakonos Early Cretaceous, Asia
- † Acanthostrobus Late Cretaceous, North America
- † Mikasostrobus Late Cretaceous, Japan
- † Parataiwania Late Cretaceous, Japan
- † Ohanastrobus Late Cretaceous, Japan
- † Nishidastrobus Late Cretaceous, Japan
- † Cunninghamiostrobus Early Cretaceous-Oligocene Japan, North America
- Subfamily Taiwanioideae L.C.Li[12]
- Taiwania Hayata
- Subfamily Athrotaxidoideae L.C.Li[12]
- Athrotaxis D.Don – Tasmanian cedar
- Subfamily Sequoioideae Saxton[12]
- Metasequoia Hu & W.C.Cheng – dawn redwood
- Sequoia Endl. – coast redwood
- Sequoiadendron J.Buchholz – giant sequoia
- Subfamily Taxodioideae Endl. ex K.Koch[12]
- Cryptomeria D.Don – sugi
- Glyptostrobus Endl. – Chinese swamp cypress
- Taxodium Rich. – bald cypress
- Subfamily Callitroideae Saxton[14]
- Actinostrobus Miq. – cypress-pine
- Austrocedrus Florin & Boutelje
- Callitris Vent. – cypress-pine
- Diselma Hook.f.
- Fitzroya Hook.f. ex Lindl. – alerce
- Libocedrus Endl.
- NeocallitropsisFlorin
- Papuacedrus H.L.Li
- Pilgerodendron Florin
- Widdringtonia Endl.
- Subfamily Cupressoideae Rich. ex Sweet[15]
- Callitropsis Kurz – Nootka cypress
- Calocedrus Kurz – incense-cedar
- Chamaecyparis Spach – cypress
- Cupressus L. – cypress
- Fokienia A.Henry & H.H.Thomas – Fujian cypress
- Hesperocyparis Bartel & R. A. Price
- Juniperus L. – juniper
- MicrobiotaKom.
- Platycladus Spach – Chinese arborvitae
- Tetraclinis Mast.
- Thuja L. – thuja or arborvitae
- Thujopsis Siebold & Zucc. ex Endl. – hiba
- Xanthocyparis Farjon & T. H. Nguyên – cypress
A 2010 study of Actinostrobus and Callitris places the three species of Actinostrobus within an expanded Callitris based on analysis of 42 morphological and anatomical characters.[16]
Phylogeny based on 2000 study of morphological and molecular data.[17] Several further papers have suggested the segregation Cupressus species into four total genera.[18][19]
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A 2021 molecular study supported a very similar phylogeny but with some slight differences, along with the splitting of Cupressus (found to be paraphyletic):[20]
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Uses
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Many of the species are important
Several genera are important in horticulture.
Some species have significant cultural importance. The
The fleshy cones of Juniperus communis are used to flavour gin.
Native Americans and early European explorers used Thuja leaves as a cure for scurvy. Distillation of Fokienia roots produces an essential oil called pemou oil[38] used in medicine and cosmetics.[39]
Recent progress on Endophyte Biology in Cupressaceae, by the groups of Jalal Soltani (Bu-Ali Sina University) and Elizabeth Arnold (Arizona University) have revealed prevalent symbioses of endophytes and endofungal bacteria with family Cupressaceae. Furthermore, current and potential uses of Cupressaceous tree's endophytes in agroforestry and medicine is shown by both groups.
Chemistry
The Cupressaceae trees contain a wide range of extractives, especially terpenes and terpenoids,[40] both of which have strong and often pleasant odors.
The
Disease vectors
Several genera are an alternate host of Gymnosporangium rust, which damages apples and other related trees in the subfamily Maloideae.[42]
Allergenicity
The
References
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- ^ a b c d e Armin Jagel, Veit Dörken: Morphology and morphogenesis of the seed cones of the Cupressaceae - part I. Cunninghamioideae, Athrotaxoideae, Taiwanioideae, Sequoioideae, Taxodioideae. In: Bulletin of the Cupressus Conservation Project, 3(3): 117-136 (PDF)
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- ^ Armin Jagel, Veit Dörken: Morphology and morphogenesis of the seed cones of the Cupressaceae - part III. Callitroideae. In: Bulletin of the Cupressus Conservation Project 4(3): 91-103 (PDF)
- ^ Armin Jagel, Veit Dörken: Morphology and morphogenesis of the seed cones of the Cupressaceae - part II. Cupressoideae. In: Bulletin of the Cupressus Conservation Project 4(2): 51-78 (PDF)
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- ^ Xiang, Q.; Li, J. (2005). "Derivation of Xanthocyparis and Juniperus from within Cupressus: Evidence from Sequences of nrDNA Internal Transcribed Spacer Region". Harvard Papers in Botany. 9 (2): 375–382.
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- ^ Satoh, Keiko (14 November 1998). "Metasequoia Travels the Globe". Arnoldia. Vol. 58, no. 4. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. pp. 72–75.
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Further reading
- Soltani, J. (2017) Endophytism in Cupressoideae (Coniferae): A Model in Endophyte Biology and Biotechnology. In: Maheshwari D. (eds) Endophytes: Biology and Biotechnology. pp. 127–143. Sustainable Development and Biodiversity, vol 15. Springer, Cham.
- Pakvaz, S, Soltani J. (2016) Endohyphal bacteria from fungal endophytes of the Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) exhibit in vitro bioactivity. Forest Pathology, 46: 569–581.
- Soltani, J., Zaheri Shoja, M., Hamzei, J., Hosseyni-Moghaddam, M.S., Pakvaz, S. (2016) Diversity and bioactivity of endophytic bacterial community of Cupressaceae. Forest Pathology, 46: 353–361.
- Farjon, A. (1998). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 300 p. ISBN 1-900347-54-7.
- Farjon, A.; Hiep, N. T.; Harder, D. K.; Loc, P. K.; Averyanov, L. (2002). "A new genus and species in the Cupressaceae (Coniferales) from northern Vietnam, Xanthocyparis vietnamensis". Novon. 12 (2): 179–189. JSTOR 3392953.
- Little, D. P., Schwarzbach, A. E., Adams, R. P. & Hsieh, Chang-Fu. (2004). The circumscription and phylogenetic relationships of Callitropsis and the newly described genus Xanthocyparis (Cupressaceae). American Journal of Botany 91 (11): 1872–1881. Available online Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine.
External links
- Arboretum de Villardebelle Cone images of many species
- Gymnosperm Database: Cupressaceae
- Flora of China – Cupressaceae
- Flora of North America – Cupressaceae
- ×Taxodiomeria peizhongii tree named 'Dongfangshan’ US PP17767 P3
Media related to Cupressaceae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cupressaceae at Wikispecies