Taxon: Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) G. Manetti ex Carrière

Genus:

Cedrus

Family:

Pinaceae

Nomen number:

9690

Place of publication:

Traité gén. conif. 285. 1855

Link to protologue:

Comment:

authorship verified from original literature

Typification:

Name Verified on:

09-abr-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 13-mar-2017

Species priority site is:

National Arboretum (NA)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Cedrus atlantica var. argentea A. Murray bis
(=) Cedrus atlantica var. glauca Carrière
(≡) Cedrus libani subsp. atlantica (Endl.) Batt. & Trab.
Basionym: Pinus atlantica Endl.

Common names:

Atlantic cedar (Source: HerbSpices) - English
Atlas cedar (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
cèdre de l'Atlas (Source: HerbSpices) - French
Atlaszeder (Source: Zander ed14) - German
cedro dell'Atlante (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian
bei fei xue song (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard)
Materials: essential oils (fide F Eur ed2; Ency CNatIn, for perfumery; Pl Res SEAs 19:163. 1999, adulterant of sandalwood oil)
Materials: wood (timber fide Ency WTimber)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (Atlas Mts.), Morocco (Atlas Mts.)

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 (Ency WTimber)
Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987 (HerbSpices)
Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993 (Zander ed14)
Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984- (L Medit)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971 (Mult Glossary Trees)
Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants (Pl Res SEAs) 19:163.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) G. Manetti ex Carrière :

Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
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. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=9690. Accessed 13 mayo 2024.