Taxon: Cupressus lusitanica Mill. var. lusitanica

Genus:

Cupressus

Family:

Cupressaceae

Nomen number:

318471

Place of publication:

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

07-jun-1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 17-jun-2015

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

(≡) Callitropsis lusitanica (Mill.) D. P. Little
(=) Cupressus benthamii var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Mast.
(=) Cupressus lindleyi Klotzsch ex Endl.
(≡) Hesperocyparis lusitanica (Mill.) Bartel
(≡) Neocupressus lusitanica (Mill.) de Laub.
(=) Neocupressus lusitanica var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) de Laub.

Common names:

cedar-of-Goa (Source: Taxon) - English
Mexican cypress (Source: Taxon) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Federal District, Hidalgo, Mexico, Michoacan, Tlaxcala, Veracruz]

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

References:

Farjon, A. 1993. Nomenclature of the Mexican cypress or "cedar of Goa", Cupressus lusitanica Mill. (Cupressaceae) (Taxon) 42:83.
Farjon, A. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. 2005 (Monog Cupressaceae)

Check other web resources for Cupressus lusitanica Mill. var. lusitanica :

TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
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=318471. Accessed 7 junio 2026.