Hesperocyparis pygmaea

Hesperocyparis pygmaea
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
Binomial name
Hesperocyparis pygmaea (Lemmon) Bartel
Natural range of Cupressus pygmaea
Synonyms[1]
List Callitropsis pygmaea (Lemmon) D.P.Little (2006) Cupressus goveniana subsp. pygmaea (Lemmon) Bartel (1991) Cupressus goveniana var. pygmaea Lemmon (1895) Cupressus pygmaea (Lemmon) Sarg. (1901) Cupressus silbae B.Huang bis (2008) Hesperocyparis goveniana var. pygmaea (Lemmon) de Laub. (2012) Neocupressus goveniana var. pygmaea (Lemmon) de Laub. (2009)

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.