Cupressus sempervirens
Cupressus sempervirens is a cypress tree.
| Mediterranean cypress | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Cupressoideae |
| Genus: | Cupressus |
| Species: | C. sempervirens
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| Cupressus sempervirens | |
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| Green: probable natural range in the Mediterranean Basin Orange: range including human introductions Red (small areas): Residual natural stands | |
The tree is also known as the Mediterranean cypress or Italian cypress,[1] Tuscan cypress, Persian cypress, or pencil pine.
It is a species of cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region.
Cupressus Sempervirens Media
The Cypress of Abarkuh, Iran
Mediterranean Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) cone and seeds
Stylized Cypress Trees from Persepolis, Shiraz, Iran. One of the three varieties of C. sempervirens native to Iran is called the Shirazi Cypress.
Fastigiate Mediterranean cypresses in Corfu, Greece.
Isle of the Dead (1883) by Arnold Böcklin. Third version in a series of five.
Cypresses (1889) by Vincent van Gogh, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Other van Gogh cypress paintings include Wheat Field with Cypresses and The Starry Night.
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References
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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