Italian Cypress

Cupressus sempervirens

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Botanical name
Cupressus sempervirens
Also known as
Common-Cypress, Italian Cypress, Mediterranean Cypress, Pyramidal-Cypress
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Cupressus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Italian Cypress

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Cupressus sempervirens but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Chamaecyparis thujiformis Cupressus conoidea Cupressus elongata Cupressus expansa Cupressus fastigiata Cupressus foemina Cupressus globulifera Cupressus horizontalis Cupressus horizontalis Cupressus horizontalis var. pendula Cupressus lugubris Cupressus mariae Cupressus mas Cupressus orientalis Cupressus patula Cupressus pyramidalis Cupressus roylei Cupressus sempervirens f. horizontalis Cupressus sempervirens f. numidica Cupressus sempervirens f. stricta Cupressus sempervirens subsp. horizontalis Cupressus sempervirens var. globulifera Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis Cupressus sempervirens var. pendula Cupressus sempervirens var. pyramidalis Cupressus sempervirens var. sphaerocarps Cupressus sempervirens var. stricta Cupressus sempervirens var. umbilicata Cupressus sphaerocarpa Cupressus stricta Cupressus thujifolia Cupressus thujiformis Cupressus thujioides Cupressus tournefortii Juniperus whitleyana

Others in Cupressus

Cupressus dupreziana
Moroccan Cypress
Cupressus gigantea
Cupressus tonkinensis
Cupressus atlantica
Cupressus chengiana
Cheng Cypress
Cupressus fallax
Cupressus funebris
Funereal Cypress
Cupressus cashmeriana
Bhutan Cypress

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