Cryptomeria Cryptomeria, (L. fil.) D. Don
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Cryptomeria Cryptomeria |
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1. C. japonica (L. fil.) D. Don , Trans. Linn. Soc. London (Bot.) 18: 167 (1841).
Up to 50 m in the wild, with short ascending branches forming a narrow, dense crown; bark reddish-brown, exfoliating in long shreds. Leaves 6-12 mm, in 5 ranks, bright green, gradually shortening towards the apex of the twig. Cones 2-3 cm, subglobose; scales thick, cuneate, persistent, furnished with the recurved point of the adnate bract on the back and with pointed processes at the apex. Seeds 2-5 on each scale. Planted for ornament and occasionally for timber; naturalized in Açores. [Az Br Da It.] (C. & S. Japan)
In the Açores this species sometimes produces suckers from the base, a phenomenon not known elsewhere for the species.
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Cryptomeria Cryptomeria
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
C. japonica (L. fil.)
| D. Don 1841: 167 |