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Cedar of Goa (Hesperocyparis lusitanica)

Dlium Cedar of Goa (Hesperocyparis lusitanica)

Cedar of Goa (Hesperocyparis lusitanica) is a species of plant in the Cupressaceae, a coniferous tree, evergreen, crown conical to ovoid, upright, straight, branched, up to 40 meters high, leaves grow radially and are dark green to greenish yellow in color .

H. lusitanica has round to oval fruit, up to 2 cm wide, with 4-10 scales, initially green, matures brown or brownish gray about 25 months after pollination.



The fruit opens at maturity to release seeds or remains closed for several years, only opening after the parent tree dies in a forest fire, so that the seeds can colonize bare ground affected by the fire. Male fruit releases pollen.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Cupressaceae
Subfamily: Cupressoideae
Genus: Hesperocyparis Bartel & R.A.Price in Phytologia 91: 179 (2009)
Species: Hesperocyparis lusitanica (Mill.) Bartel in Phytologia 91: 181 (2009)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Callitropsis lusitanica (Mill.) D.P.Little in Syst. Bot. 31: 474 (2006)
Cupressus lusitanica Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1768)
Cupressus lusitanica var. typica Franco in Agros (Lisbon) 28: 23 (1945)
Neocupressus lusitanica (Mill.) de Laub. in Novon 19: 304 (2009)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Cupressus assamica Silba in J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1: 19 (1994)
Cupressus benthamii var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Mast. in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 339 (1896)
Cupressus coerulea J.Verschaff. in C.J.É.Morren & A.de Vos, Ind. Bibl. Hort. Belg.: 33 (1887)
Cupressus coerulea var. nana Van Geert in Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 56: (1864)
Cupressus coulteri J.Forbes in Pinet. Woburn.: 190 (1839)
Cupressus excelsa J.Scott ex Carrière in Traité Gén. Conif.: 128 (1855)
Cupressus glauca Lam. in Encycl. 2: 243 (1786)
Cupressus glauca var. tristis Endl. in Syn. Conif.: 58 (1847)
Cupressus karwinskiana Regel in Gartenflora 6: 346 (1857)
Cupressus lindleyi Klotzsch ex Endl. (1847)
Cupressus lindleyi var. alba J.Verschaff. (1887)
Cupressus lindleyi subsp. hondurensis (Silba) Silba in J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12: 82 (2005)
Cupressus lindleyi var. hondurensis (Silba) Silba (1994)
Cupressus lusitanica var. chlorocarpa Franco (1945)
Cupressus lusitanica var. communis Franco (1945)
Cupressus lusitanica var. epruinosa Franco (1945)
Cupressus lusitanica subsp. genuina Franco (1945)
Cupressus lusitanica var. glauca A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 5: 1178 (1910)
Cupressus lusitanica glauca-pendula Hillier in Cat. 36T: 10 (1925)
Cupressus lusitanica var. hondurensis Silba in Phytologia 68: 30 (1990)
Cupressus lusitanica var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Carrière (1867)
Cupressus lusitanica subsp. mexicana (K.Koch) Maire in Fl. Afrique N. 1: 124 (1952)
Cupressus lusitanica var. skinneri (J.Scott ex Carrière) A.Henry (1910)
Cupressus lusitanica var. tristis (Endl.) Carrière (1855)
Cupressus lusitanica var. uhdeana (Gordon ex Carrière) Carrière (1867)
Cupressus lusitanica f. vulgaris Franco (1945)
Cupressus mexicana K.Koch in Dendrologie 2: 159 (1873)
Cupressus pendula L'Hér. in Stirp. Nov.: 15 (1785)
Cupressus sinensis J.Lee ex Gordon & Glend. in Pinetum: 63 (1858)
Cupressus thurifera Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 64 (1839)
Cupressus uhdeana Gordon ex Carrière (1855)
Hesperocyparis lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Silba in J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 16: 67 (2009)
Hesperocyparis lindleyi subsp. hondurensis (Silba) Silba (2009)
Hesperocyparis lusitanica var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) de Laub. in Novon 22: 13 (2012)
Juniperus uhdeana Gordon in J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 206 (1850)
Neocupressus lusitanica var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) de Laub. (2009)

PUBLICATIONS

Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Cupressus lusitanica.]

VERNACULAR NAME

Arabic: سرو بحري اللون
Armenian: Նոճի մեքսիկական
Chinese (Simplified): 墨西哥柏木
Chinese (Traditional): 墨西哥柏木
Czech: Cypřiš mexický
English: Cedar of Goa, Goa cedar, Mexican cypress, Mexican cedar
French: Cyprès du Mexique
Indonesian: Cemara Tukung, Bintami
Japanese: メキシコイトスギ
Java: Bintami
Portuguese: Cedro-do-buçaco, Cipreste-do-buçaco
Russian: Кипарис лузитанский - Кипарис португальский
Spanish: Cedro blanco
Thai: ซีดาร์แห่งกัว
Vietnamese: Cây tuyết tùng của Goa

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