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Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel

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Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel in Adams et al., Phytologia 91(1): 182 (2009)
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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Bartel
Hartw.
(Hartw.) Bartel
2009
182
ICN
species
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa

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macrocarpa

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Medium-sized tree (sometimes very large in cultivation), pyramidal at first, with broad crown when mature. Bark thick, reddish brown beneath, often becoming whitish on surface. Adult foliage in dense, dark green masses, aromatic when bruised; branchlets systems not flattened. 1-3-year shoots terete, reddish brown, with lvs appressed except for the cuspidate, pungent, c. 1 mm long apex. Lvs on ultimate twigs uniform, 1-2 mm long, broadly rhombic-ovate, tightly appressed, obtuse or subacute. ♂ strobili 1.5-3 mm long, broad-oblong to subglobose. Mature ♀ cones very shortly stalked or sometimes subsessile, (1.5)-2-3.5 × (1.2)-1.5 × 3.2 cm, subglobose or broadly oblong-ellipsoid, shining brown; scales 8-14; umbo with small, obtuse, crescent-shaped process; seeds usually 10-20 per scale, of irregular shape, with small resinous tubercles.

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Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw. ex Gordon) Bartel 2009
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw. ex Gordon) Bartel
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw. ex Gordon) Bartel
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw. ex Gordon) Bartel
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel

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Cultivated
New Zealand
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Recorded as Cupressus macrocarpa

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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Otago Land District
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Southland Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District

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Adams et al. (2009) showed that Cupressusformed two clades: the Old World clade of Cupressuswas sister to Juniperus, whereas the New World clade of Cupressus (Hesperocyparis) included Xanthocyparis vietnamensis and Callitropsis nootkatensis. However, Mao et al. (2010) showed that Cupressus in its broad sense including Xanthocyparis and Callitropsis is monophyletic with weak support. Zhu et al. (2018) provided further evidence for the split of Cupressus into Cupressus, Callitropsis, Hesperocyparis and Xanthocyparis. Christenhusz et al. (2011) claim to be adopting a conservative position based on a poorly resolved tree. Zhu et al. (2018) moves us past that.

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5 July 2013
8 August 2024
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