Taxon: Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex D. Don) G. Don

Genus:

Cedrus

Family:

Pinaceae

Nomen number:

9692

Place of publication:

J. C. Loudon, Hort. brit. ed. 1:388. 1830

Link to protologue:

Comments:

• authorship and valid publication verified from original literature
• Loudon credits G. Don with authorship of "the Linnean Arrangement and its Supplement" of this work on p. iv of the Preface

Typification:

Name Verified on:

23-mar-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 27-jun-2012

Species priority site is:

National Arboretum (NA)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Cedrus deodara f. aurea (J. Nelson) Rehder
(=) Cedrus deodara var. aurea J. Nelson
Basionym: Pinus deodara Roxb. ex D. Don

Common names:

deodar (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
deodar cedar (Source: HerbSpices) - English
Himalayan cedar (Source: Dict Gard) - English
cèdre de l'Himalaya (Source: HerbSpices) - French
Himalajazedar (Source: Zander ed14) - German
cedro dell'Himalaia (Source: Mult Glossary Trees) - Italian
xue song (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard)
Materials: essential oils (fide HerbSpices)
Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan (e.)
CHINA: China [Xizang (s.w.)]

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, [Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh] Nepal (e.), Pakistan (n.e.)

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

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)
Farjon, A. World checklist and bibliography of conifers. 1998 (L Conifers)
Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982 (L Nepal)
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)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963- (F Iran)
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex D. Don) G. Don :

Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
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. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=9692. Accessed 14 mayo 2024.