Common Names
Tsangpo River cypress.Taxonomic notes
Foliar terpene contents of the five Chinese Cupressus species indicates that C. gigantea is most distinct of the group, but otherwise reveals no obvious chemotaxonomic groupings (3).Description
Range
Tibet, in the Tsangpo River valley (2).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Has been used in climate reconstructions (1).Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Wu Xiangding. 1992. Dendroclimatic studies in China. P.432-445 in R.S. Bradley and P.D. Jones, eds., Climate Since A.D. 1500. London: Routledge Press.(2) Farjon 1998.
(3) L.G. Cool, Z.L. Hu and E. Zavarin. 1998. Foliage terpenoids of Chinese Cupressus species. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 26(8): 899-913.
See also:
W.C. Cheng and L.K. Fu. 1975. Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 13(4): 85.
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