Hesperocyparis pygmaea | |
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Hesperocyparis pygmaea at Salt Point, Mendocino, California | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Cupressales |
Family: | Cupressaceae |
Genus: | Hesperocyparis |
Species: | H. pygmaea
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Binomial name | |
Hesperocyparis pygmaea (Lemmon) Bartel
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Natural range of Cupressus pygmaea | |
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Hesperocyparis pygmaea, the Mendocino cypress or pygmy cypress, is a taxon of disputed status in the western cypress genus. It is endemic to certain coastal terraces and coastal mountain ranges of Mendocino and Sonoma Counties in northwestern California. It is a variable tree, and closely related to Hesperocyparis abramsiana and Hesperocyparis goveniana, enough to sometimes be considered conspecific with them.