Cunninghamia

Cunninghamia lanceolata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pinophyta
Classis: Pinopsida
Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Cunninghamioideae
Genus:
Species: C. konishii – C. lanceolata
Paleospecies: †C. chaneyi

Name

Cunninghamia R.Br. in A.Richard (ed.), Comm. Bot. Conif. Cycad. 80: 149 (1826), nom. cons.

  • Type species: Cunninghamia sinensis Rich. in A.Richard, Comm. Bot. Conif. Cycad. 80, pl. 18, f. 3., a superfluous name for Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook. Bot. Mag. 54: , pl. 2743. (1827).

Note: Some authorities include C. konishii as Cunninghamia lanceolata var. konishii (Hayata) Fujita, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 22: 49, 476. (1932), but see Govaerts et al., 2017, Averyanov et al., 2014 and the Discussion Page.

Synonymy

  • Replaced synonym
    • Belis Salisb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 315 (1807).
  • Heterotypic
    • Jacularia Raf., Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 8: 247 (1832).
    • Raxopitys J.Nelson, Pinaceae: 97 (1866).

Homonyms

  • Cunninghamia Schreb. Gen. Pl. 789. (1791) (Rubiaceae) nom. rej. against Cunninghamia R.Br. (1826)

References

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Additional references

Vernacular names

  • dansk: Cunninghamia
  • Deutsch: Spießtanne
  • English: China-fir
  • suomi: Keihäskuuset
  • português: Cunninghamia
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