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Chinese arborvitae
Platycladus orientalis in its natural habitat in Simatai, Great Wall of China
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Gymnospermae
Division:
Pinophyta
Class:
Pinopsida
Order:
Cupressales
Family:
Cupressaceae
Subfamily:
Cupressoideae
Genus:
Platycladus Spach
Species:
P. orientalis
Binomial name
Platycladus orientalis
(L.) Franco[2]
Synonyms[3]
Biota (D.Don) Endl., illegitimate superfluous name
Thuja orientalis L.
Biota orientalis (L.) Endl.
and dozens more in Cupressus, Thuja, Platycladus, Biota, Chamaecyparis, Juniperus, Retinispora, Widdringtonia
Platycladus is a monotypic genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis, also known as Chinese thuja,[4]Oriental arborvitae,[5]Chinese arborvitae, biota or Oriental thuja. It is native to northeastern parts of East Asia and North Asia,[3][6] but is also now naturalised as an introduced species in other regions of the Asian continent.
^Farjon, A. (2013). "Platycladus orientalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T31305A2803944. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T31305A2803944.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^"Platycladus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
^ ab"Platycladus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
^BSBI List 2007(xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Platycladus orientalis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
^Fu, Liguo; Yu, Yong-fu; Adams, Robert P.; Farjon, Aljos. "Platycladus orientalis". Flora of China. Vol. 4 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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