Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hesperocyparis lusitanica (Mill.) Bartel [Cupressaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arizona cypress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cedar-of-goa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cedro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cedro blanco	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cerca-viva	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cipres	Other	Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
cipreste	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cipré	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
ciprés	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mexican cypress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mexican white cedar	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mexikansk cypress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
portuguese cypress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
teotlate	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
árvore-da-vida	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
Needles		Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 40 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Callitropsis lusitanica (Mill.) D.P.Little Syst. Bot. 31: 474 (2006).
Cupressus lindleyi Klotzsch ex Endl. Syn. Conif.: 59 (1847).
Cupressus lusitanica Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1768).
Cupressus assamica Silba J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1: 19 (1994).
Cupressus benthamii var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Mast. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 31: 339 (1896).
Cupressus coerulea J.Verschaff. in C.J.É.Morren & A.de Vos, Ind. Bibl. Hort. Belg.: 33 (1887), nom. nud.
Cupressus coerulea var. nana Van Geert Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 56: ? (1864).
Cupressus coulteri J.Forbes Pinet. Woburn.: 190 (1839).
Cupressus excelsa J.Scott ex Carrière Traité Gén. Conif.: 128 (1855).
Cupressus glauca Lam. Encycl. 2: 243 (1786).
Cupressus glauca var. tristis Endl. Syn. Conif.: 58 (1847).
Cupressus karwinskiana Regel Gartenflora 6: 346 (1857).
Cupressus lindleyi var. alba J.Verschaff. in C.J.É.Morren & A.de Vos, Ind. Bibl. Hort. Belg.: 33 (1887), nom. nud.
Cupressus lindleyi subsp. hondurensis (Silba) Silba J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 12: 82 (2005).
Cupressus lindleyi var. hondurensis (Silba) Silba J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 1: 26 (1994).
Cupressus lusitanica var. chlorocarpa Franco Agros (Lisbon) 28: 23 (1945).
Cupressus lusitanica var. communis Franco Agros (Lisbon) 28: 24 (1945).
Cupressus lusitanica var. epruinosa Franco Agros (Lisbon) 28: 24 (1945).
Cupressus lusitanica subsp. genuina Franco Agros (Lisbon) 28: 23 (1945).
Cupressus lusitanica var. glauca A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 5: 1178 (1910).
Cupressus lusitanica glauca-pendula Hillier Cat. 36T: 10 (1925).
Cupressus lusitanica var. hondurensis Silba Phytologia 68: 30 (1990).
Cupressus lusitanica var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Carrière Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2, 1: 156 (1867).
Cupressus lusitanica subsp. mexicana (K.Koch) Maire Fl. Afrique N. 1: 124 (1952).
Cupressus lusitanica var. skinneri (J.Scott ex Carrière) A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 5: 1177 (1910).
Cupressus lusitanica var. tristis (Endl.) Carrière Traité Gén. Conif.: 119 (1855).
Cupressus lusitanica var. typica Franco Agros (Lisbon) 28: 23 (1945), not validly publ.
Cupressus lusitanica var. uhdeana (Gordon ex Carrière) Carrière Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2, 1: 155 (1867).
Cupressus lusitanica f. vulgaris Franco Agros (Lisbon) 28: 23 (1945).
Cupressus mexicana K.Koch Dendrologie 2: 159 (1873).
Cupressus pendula L'Hér. Stirp. Nov.: 15 (1785), nom. illeg.
Cupressus sinensis J.Lee ex Gordon & Glend. Pinetum: 63 (1858).
Cupressus thurifera Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 64 (1839).
Cupressus uhdeana Gordon ex Carrière Traité Gén. Conif.: 129 (1855).
Hesperocyparis lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Silba J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 16: 67 (2009).
Hesperocyparis lindleyi subsp. hondurensis (Silba) Silba J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 16: 67 (2009).
Hesperocyparis lusitanica var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) de Laub. Novon 22: 13 (2012).
Juniperus uhdeana Gordon J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 206 (1850).
Neocupressus lusitanica (Mill.) de Laub. Novon 19: 304 (2009).
Neocupressus lusitanica var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) de Laub. Novon 19: 304 (2009).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Callitropsis lusitanica (Mill.) D.P. Little	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cupressus lindleyi	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cupressus lusitanica Mill.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cupressus lusitanica Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Hesperocyparis lusitanica (Mill.) Bartel	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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