Hesperocyparis arizonica

Hesperocyparis arizonica
Hesperocyparis arizonica (Arizona cypress) foliage and cone

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Hesperocyparis
Species:
H. arizonica
Binomial name
Hesperocyparis arizonica
(Greene) Bartel
Natural range of Hesperocyparis arizonica
Synonyms
List
    • Callitropsis arizonica (Greene) D.P.Little
    • Cupressus arizonica Greene
    • Cupressus arizonica var. bonita Lemmon
    • Cupressus arizonica var. compacta C.K.Schneid.
    • Cupressus arizonica f. compacta (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder
    • Cupressus arizonica glauca Woodall
    • Cupressus arizonica f. glauca (Woodall) Rehder
    • Cupressus arizonica f. glomerata Martínez
    • Cupressus arizonica f. minor Martínez
    • Cupressus arizonica f. typica Martínez
    • Cupressus benthamii var. arizonica (Greene) Mast.
    • Cupressus lusitanica subsp. arizonica (Greene) Maire
    • Neocupressus arizonica (Greene) de Laub.

Hesperocyparis arizonica, the Arizona cypress, is a North American species of tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. Populations may be scattered rather than in large, dense stands.