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Italian Cypress

Conifers and Other Gymnosperms

Italian cypress, Cupressus sempervirens, is a conifer of the family Cupressaceae native to the eastern Mediterranean, long cultivated so widely across the region that its exact original range is uncertain. Its narrow, columnar form, most familiar in its cultivated fastigiate variety, has made it an iconic feature of Tuscan and other Mediterranean landscapes for millennia, and its durable, fine-grained wood was historically prized for doors, chests and coffins, including some attributed to ancient Egyptian and Mediterranean use.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 3

Living or Extinct

Yes 4

Scientific Name

Cupressus sempervirens 4

Conservation Status

Least Concern 3

Comparison

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Italian Cypress

In Ecosystem

Mediterranean Basin

Source Italian Cypress (Wikipedia)

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Sources

1. Cupressus sempervirens (Wikipedia)

Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to

Quote, Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to

Cupressus sempervirens, the Mediterranean cypress, Italian cypress, Tuscan cypress, or Persian cypress, is a species of conifer in the family Cupressaceae, a cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Iran.

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. Italian Cypress (Wikipedia)

long been valued for its role in symbolism, various rituals, and folk medicine
infobox status=LC
In Ecosystem: Mediterranean Basin, Wikipedia intro: "ies of cypress native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Iran. It is widespread throughout the Mediterranean basin and has become endemic in similar dry su..."

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4. Wikidata: Italian Cypress

Wikidata

Wikidata Q147513, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Wikidata Q147513 (P225 taxon name)
Child Taxon Of: Cupressaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387

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"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Cupressaceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12528

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12528

"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":"Cupressaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Alerce, cipreses","language":"ES"},{"name":"Alerce, cypresses","language":"EN"},{"name":"Fleur du Saint-Esprit, cyprès","language":"FR"},{"name":"柏科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]

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Plant (Wikipedia)

Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.

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