"Macrocarpa" redirects here. For other uses, see Macrocarpa (disambiguation).
Monterey cypress
The "Lone Cypress" near Monterey, California
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Gymnospermae
Division:
Pinophyta
Class:
Pinopsida
Order:
Cupressales
Family:
Cupressaceae
Genus:
Hesperocyparis
Species:
H. macrocarpa
Binomial name
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
(Hartw.) Bartel
Synonyms[3]
List
Callitropsis macrocarpa (Hartw.) D.P.Little
Cupressus hartwegii Carrière
Cupressus lambertiana Carrière
Cupressus lambertiana var. fastigiata Carrière
Cupressus macrocarpa Hartw.
Cupressus macrocarpa var. angulata Lemmon
Cupressus macrocarpa f. crippsii (R.Sm.) Rehder
Cupressus macrocarpa var. crippsii R.Sm.
Cupressus macrocarpa var. farallonensis Mast.
Cupressus macrocarpa f. fastigiata (Carrière) Rehder
Cupressus macrocarpa var. fastigiata (Carrière) Anon.
Cupressus macrocarpa var. lambertiana (Carrière) Anon.
Cupressus macrocarpa subsp. lobosensis Silba
Cupressus macrocarpa var. lutea Webster
Cupressus macrocarpa f. lutea (Webster) Rehder
Cupressus macrocarpa f. pygmaea A.B.Jacks.
Cupressus macrocarpa variegata Van Geert
Cupressus reinwardtii Beissn.
Neocupressus macrocarpa (Hartw.) de Laub.
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa also known as Cupressus macrocarpa,[4][5] or the Monterey cypress is a coniferous tree, and is one of several species of cypress trees endemic to California.
The Monterey cypress is found naturally only on the Central Coast of California. Due to being a glacial relict, the natural distributional range of the species during modern times is confined to two small relict populations near Carmel, California, at Cypress Point in Pebble Beach and at Point Lobos.[6] Historically during the peak of the last ice age, Monterey cypress would have likely comprised a much larger forest that extended much further north and south.[7]
^Farjon, A. (2013). "Cupressus macrocarpa". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013 (2013). doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T30375A2793139.en.
^"NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
^"Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^Bartel, Jim A. (2012). "Hesperocyparis macrocarpa". Jepson eFlora. Archived from the original on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
^Robert P. Adams; Jim A. Bartel; Robert A. Price (2009). "A new genus, Hesperocyparis, for the cypresses of the Western Hemisphere" (PDF). Phytologia. 91 (1): 160–185.
^C. Michael Hogan & Michael P. Frankis. 2009. Monterey Cypress: Cupressus macrocarpa, GlobalTwitcher.com ed. N. Stromberg Archived 2017-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
^Axelrod, D. I. (1982). AGE AND ORIGIN OF THE MONTEREY ENDEMIC AREA. Madroño, 29(3), 127–147.
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