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Cypress is a name used for many trees in the conifer family Cupressaceae (cypress family).

Species

Species that are commonly known as cypresses include:

  • Cypress (multiple species within the genus Cupressus)

Otherwise:

  • African cypress (Widdringtonia species), native to Southern Africa
  • Bald, Pond, and Montezuma cypresses (Taxodium species), native to North America
  • Chinese swamp cypress (Glyptostrobus pensilis), Vietnam, critically endangered
  • Cordilleran cypress (Austrocedrus chilensis), native to Chile and Argentina
  • Cypress-pines (Actinostrobus species), southwestern Australia
  • Cypress-pines (Callitris species), Australia and New Caledonia
  • False cypress (Chamaecyparis species), Asia and North America.
  • Fujian cypress (Fokienia hodginsii), southeastern China
  • Guaitecas cypress (Pilgerodendron uviferum), western Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego
  • Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa), East Asia
  • Patagonian cypress (Fitzroya cupressoides), southern Chile and Argentina
  • Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus sempervirens), famous for its longevity, popular garden plant
  • Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa), native to the Monterey Peninsula, California
  • Nootka cypress (Cupressus nootkatensis), native to the Pacific Northwest of North America
  • Siberian cypress (Microbiota decussata)
  • Summer cypress (Bassia scoparia), in the family Amaranthaceae
  • Western red cedar (Thuja plicata), native to North America.

The family Cupressaceae also contains 13–16 other genera (not listed above) that do not bear cypress in their common names.

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