Taxon: Cupressus macrocarpa Hartw.

Genus:

Cupressus

Family:

Cupressaceae

Nomen number:

12659

Place of publication:

J. Hort. Soc. London 2:187. 1847

Link to protologue:

Comment:

Hartweg's remarks were insufficient to distinguish this species from others and thus do not constitute a diagnosis, but Melbourne ICN Art. 38.1(a) requires that there be a description or diagnosis, and the former was satisfied by these remarks (K. Gandhi et al., pers. comm. via e-mail on 1 May 2009)

Typification:

Name Verified on:

09-jul-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 21-ene-2014

Species priority site is:

National Arboretum (NA)

Accessions:

13 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Synonyms:

(≡) Callitropsis macrocarpa (Hartw. ex Gordon) D. P. Little
(=) Cupressus macrocarpa f. lutea (G. L. Webster) Rehder
(=) Cupressus macrocarpa f. pygmaea A. B. Jacks.
(≡) Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel
(≡) Neocupressus macrocarpa (Hartw.) de Laub.

Common names:

Monterey cypress (Source: Phytol Mem) - English
Monterey-pine (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
cipresso di Monterey (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian
ciprés Monterrey (Source: F NAmer) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide F Eur ed2)
Environmental: shade/shelter (fide F Eur ed2)
Materials: wood (occasionally planted as a source of timber fide F Eur)
Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Kingsbury; Cooper & Johnson ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California (Monterey Co.)]

Cultivated

(also cult.)

Naturalized

(natzd. elsewhere)

References:

Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 (Cooper & Johnson ed2)
Farjon, A. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. 2005 (Monog Cupressaceae) 216-218.
FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer) 2:407-408.
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). (Aust Pl Common Names)
International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971 (Mult Glossary Trees)
Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae Phytologia Mem. 8:64.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea, ed. 2. (F Eur ed2)

Check other web resources for Cupressus macrocarpa Hartw. :

Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=12659. Accessed 7 junio 2026.