Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae. The word cypress is derived from Old French cipres, which was imported from Latin cypressus, the latinisation of the Greek κυπάρισσος (kyparissos).[1][2]
Species that are commonly known as cypresses include:
Most prominently:
Otherwise:
The family Cupressaceae also contains 13–16 other genera (not listed above) that do not bear cypress in their common names.
Actinostrobus arenarius
Austrocedrus chilensis
Callitris preissii
Chamaecyparis pisifera, bonsai
Cupressus macrocarpa, Monterey Peninsula, California
Cupressus nootkatensis
Cupressus sempervirens (Mediterranean Cypress), Tuscany, Italy
Fokienia hodginsii
Fitzroya cupressoides
Glyptostrobus pensilis foliage
Pilgerodendron uviferum
Taxodium ascendens, Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia (USA)
Widdringtonia whytei, Malawi
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