Hesperocyparis guadalupensis
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'Hesperocyparis guadalupensis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Synonyms
- Callitropsis guadalupensis (S.Watson) D.P.Little
- Cupressus guadalupensis S.Watson
- Cupressus macrocarpa var. guadalupensis (S.Watson) Mast.
- Neocupressus guadalupensis (S.Watson) de Laub.
Other taxa in genus
Editorial Note
The text below is from Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles (Bean 1976) and appeared within Bean’s account of Cupressus forbesii (now Hesperocyparis forbesii) under the old name Cupressus guadalupensis. We have moved this text here, unaltered, under the correct modern name with appropriate synonymy, to bring these accounts in line with modern taxonomic treatments. For an in-depth overview of the studies and ensuing taxonomic changes that prompted this change, see both the Hesperocyparis and Callitropsis genus accounts.
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TC, October 2024.
C. guadalupensis S. Wats., a species confined to the island of Guadelupe, which lies off the coast of Lower California.This makes a more massive tree than C. forbesii; the leaves are more glaucous; and the cones larger (to 13⁄4 in. wide). Both resemble C. macrocarpa in foliage and fruit, but are well distinguished by the smooth, peeling bark. There is a specimen of C. guadalupensis at Borde Hill, Sussex, about 50 ft high, which fruits regularly and shows very well the characteristic bark of this species.
