Accession Data:
Cupressus vietnamensis (Farjon & T.H.Nguyên) Silba
- Common Name: Golden Vietnamese Cypress
- Family: Cupressaceae Bartling
- Synonym(s): Xanthocyparis vietnamensis Farjon & Hiep
- Country of Origin: N. Vietnam to China (N. Guangxi)
- Habitat: mixed angiosperm-conifer cloud forests
- Description: Golden Vietnam cypress is a tree, 30 to 45 feet (10 – 15 m) tall, with a round, straight trunk. Bark is purplish to red-brown, smooth and thin on branches, exfoliating in thin flakes and strips; on the trunk of larger trees it is brown to gray-brown, soft and fibrous, exfoliating in numerous thin strips. Branches are long, spreading more or less horizontally; foliage branches are numerous, spreading mostly in plagiotropic overlapping sprays or slightly drooping, forming a pyramidal crown in young trees but a spreading, irregular or flat-topped crown in old tree4
- Culture: karst limestone mountains - benefit with periodic lime?
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201500039
- Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
- Accession Date: 05-29-2015
- Bench: 3110 - EVO: Tropical Conifers & Ginkgo
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 06-29-2024
- Restrictions:
- IUCN Red List: Endangered Species
- IUCN Red List: Endangered Species
Classification:
- Division: Pinophyta
- Class: Pinopsida
- SubClass: Pinidae
- Order: Cupressales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Cupressaceae
- SubFamily: Cupressoideae
- Tribe:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China Southeast / Vietnam
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 29 May 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 29 May 2015.
- Cupressus vietnamensis at The Gymnosperm Database. Accessed 29 May 2015.
- Cupressus vietnamensis at American Conifer Society. Accessed 29 May 2015.
- Xanthocyparis vietnamensis at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Wednesday, May 30, 2018.
data regenerated on Sat, 29 Jun 2024 11:40:53 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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