Foliage on an ornamental specimen [C.J. Earle, May-1999].
Common Names
T. dolabrata is called ASUHI [Japanese] (1) or hiba arborvitae (2).Taxonomic notes
First described as Dolophyllum Salisbury 1817, a fact not discovered until very recently. Salisbury did not describe an accompanying species and did not make the combination Dolophyllum dolabratum, so the type species remains Thuja dolabrata L. f. Since all publications since 1844 have cited Thujopsis and the genus is widely known by that name in the horticultural trade and to others who have occasion to deal with it, Farjon and Hunt (3) have proposed conservation of the name Thujopsis. The genus has also been cited, due to orthographic errors, as Thuiopsis and Thuyopsis (3).Two species, Thujopsis dolabrata (Linnaeus) Siebold & Zuccarini 1842 (syn: Thuja dolabrata L. f. 1782) and Thujopsis hondai. All are treated here because so far I have very little information on them.
Description
Range
Both species are native to Japan (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Silba 1986.(2) Watson, F.D. & J.E. Eckenwalder at the Flora of North America web page.
(3) Farjon, Aljos and David R. Hunt. 1994. Proposal to conserve Thujopsis Endl. against Dolophyllum Salisb. (Cupressaceae). Taxon 43(2): 291-292.
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