Platycladus

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Chinese arborvitae
Platycladus orientalis in its natural habitat in Simatai, Great Wall of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Subfamily: Cupressoideae
Genus: Platycladus
Spach
Species:
P. orientalis
Binomial name
Platycladus orientalis
Synonyms[3] [4]

Platycladus is a monotypic genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis, also known as Chinese thuja,[5] Oriental arborvitae,[6] Chinese arborvitae, biota or Oriental thuja. It is native to northeastern parts of East Asia and North Asia,[3][7][8] but is also now naturalised as an introduced species in other regions of the Asian continent.

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  2. ^ "Platycladus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
  3. ^ a b "Platycladus orientalis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
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  5. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  6. ^ NRCS. "Platycladus orientalis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  7. ^ "WSCP, the last web-archive snapshot before migration to POWO (Archive copy)". 2022-10-15. Archived from the original on 2022-10-15.
  8. ^ Fu, Liguo; Yu, Yong-fu; Adams, Robert P.; Farjon, Aljos. "Platycladus orientalis". Flora of China. Vol. 4 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.