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Cupressus sempervirens L.

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Cupressus sempervirens L., Sp. Pl. 1002–1003 (1753)
Cupressus sempervirens L.

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L.
L.
1753
1002–1003
ICN
Cupressus sempervirens L.
species
Cupressus sempervirens

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sempervirens

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Cupressus horizontalis Mill.
Cupressus sempervirens L.
Cupressus horizontalis var. pendula Endl.
Cupressus sempervirens L.
Cupressus patula Spadoni
Cupressus sempervirens L.
Cupressus sempervirens L.
Cupressus sempervirens L.
Cupressus sempervirens L.
Cupressus sempervirens f. horizontalis (Mill.) Voss
Cupressus sempervirens L.
Cupressus sempervirens subsp. horizontalis (Mill.) A.Camus
Cupressus sempervirens L.
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis (Mill.) Loudon
Cupressus sempervirens L.
Cupressus sempervirens var. numidica Trab.
Cupressus sempervirens L.

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Cultivated
New Zealand
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Cupressus sempervirens L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Cupressus sempervirens L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Cupressus sempervirens L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Cupressus sempervirens L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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Many authors have recognised that the species broadly assumes two growth habits, fastigate or horizontal, and have assigned subspecific taxonomic ranks on that basis. It is widely thought that only the horizontal form predates human activity, with the fastigate form having a horticultural origin dating to early historic or prehistoric times. Thus it is a cultivar, not a variety or subspecies. There is also some question as to whether the fastigate form is strictly heritable; it appears that "horizontal" specimens may arise from "fastigate" stock (Stankov 1999, Farjon 2005).

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1 January 2000
1 June 2021
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