Cupressus sempervirens
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Cupressus sempervirens is a cypress tree.
| Mediterranean cypress | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Cupressaceae |
| Genus: | Cupressus |
| Species: | C. sempervirens
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| Binomial name | |
| Cupressus sempervirens | |
| 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.
Forest station in Lankaran
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Cupressus Sempervirens Media
The Cypress of Abarkuh, Iran
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.
Cypresses (1889) by Vincent van Gogh, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Other van Gogh cypress paintings include Wheat Field with Cypresses and The Starry Night.
References
- ↑ BSBI List 2007Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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