Belongs within: Cupressaceae.
Contains: Juniperus.
The Cupressoideae are a primarily Northern Hemisphere clade of conifers supported by molecular data.
<==Cupressoideae [Cupressinae]MM12 |--+--Thujopsis dolabrataMM12 [=Thuja dolabrataLO98] | `--ThujaMM12 | | i. s.: T. articulataS99 | | T. ehrenswaerdiMM12 | | T. orientalisMH98 [=Biota orientalisLO98] | | T. polarisMM12 | | T. sutchuenensisMM12 | |--+--T. koraiensisMM12 | | `--T. plicataMM12 | `--+--T. occidentalisMM12 | `--T. standishiiMM12 [=Thuyopsis standishiiLO98; incl. Thuyopsis sauarrosaLO98] `--+--ChamaecyparisMM12 | | i. s.: C. corpulentaMM12 | | C. salinarumMM12 | |--+--C. thyoidesMM12 | | `--+--C. formosensisMM12 | | `--C. pisiferaMM12 | `--+--+--C. lawsonianaMM12 [=Cupressus lawsonianaH93] | | `--C. obtusaMM12 | `--FokieniaMM12 | |--F. hodginsiiMM12 | `--F. ravenscragensisMM12 `--+--+--CalocedrusMM12 | | |--C. decurrensMM12 | | |--C. macrolepisMM12 | | `--C. suleticensisMM12 | `--+--+--Platycladus orientalisMM12 | | `--Microbiota decussataMM12 | `--TetraclinisMM12 | |--T. articulataMM12 | |--T. brachyodonJD05 | `--T. salicornioidesMM12 | |--T. s. var. salicornioidesMM12 | `--T. s. var. praedecurrensMM12 `--+--+--JuniperusMM12 | `--+--Xanthocyparis vietnamensisMM12 | `--+--Callitropsis nootkatensisMM12 [=Cupressus nootkatensisH93, Chamaecyparis nootkatensisMM12] | `--HesperocyparisMM12 | |--H. bakeriMM12 | `--+--H. macnabianaMM12 | |--+--H. forbesiiMM12 | | |--H. glabraMM12 | | |--H. lusitanicaMM12 | | |--H. montanaMM12 | | `--H. stephensoniiMM12 | `--+--H. macrocarpaMM12 | |--H. sargentiiMM12 | `--+--H. abramsianaMM12 | `--+--H. arizonicaMM12 | `--H. govenianaMM12 `--CupressusMM12 | i. s.: C. abramsianaH93 | C. arizonicaR-CT01 | |--C. a. ssp. arizonica (see below for synonymy)H93 | `--C. a. ssp. nevadensisH93 | C. bakeri [incl. C. bakeri ssp. matthewsii]H93 | C. forbesiiBT72 | C. govenianaH93 | |--C. g. ssp. govenianaH93 | `--C. g. ssp. pigmaea [=C. pygmaea]H93 | C. guadelupensisRJ11 | C. lignum-vitaeT-W89 | C. lusitanicaGP05 | C. macnabianaH93 | C. macrocarpaE02 | C. sargentiiH93 |--C. funebrisMM12 `--+--+--C. chengianaMM12 | `--C. jiangeensisMM12 `--+--C. giganteaMM12 |--+--C. cashmerianaMM12 | `--C. torulosaMM12 `--+--C. duclouxianaMM12 `--+--C. atlanticaMM12 `--C. sempervirens Linnaeus 1753MM12, CD07 |--C. s. var. sempervirensY98 `--C. s. var. horizontalisY98
Cupressus arizonica ssp. arizonica [incl. C. arizonica var. glabra, C. arizonica var. revealiana, C. stephensonii]H93
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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