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unusual facts about Xanthocyparis


Callitropsis

Xanthocyparis (formerly Callitropsis Oerst. 1864), a genus containing one Vietnamese species and one North American species


Cupressus nootkatensis

More recently, Farjon et al. (2002) transferred it to a new genus Xanthocyparis, together with the newly discovered Vietnamese Golden Cypress Xanthocyparis vietnamensis; this species is remarkably similar to Nootka Cypress and the treatment has many arguments in its favour, as while they are not related to Chamaecyparis, neither do they fit fully in Cupressus despite the many similarities.


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