Details for: NA 20217, Thuja occidentalis L., 'Pygmaea'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Thuja occidentalis L.
Cultivar:
'Pygmaea'
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
28 Aug 1962
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Thuja occidentalis L.
Cultivar:
'Pygmaea'
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
28 Aug 1962
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Pygmaea'
Type: Cultivar name

NA 20217
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Thuja occidentalis 'Pygmaea'. Comments: A slow-growing selection with an irregular shape. Foliage very dense, short, pronouncedly thick, shiny green, frequently brownish-purple at tips. Color remaining almost identical in summer and winter. In cultivation since about 1909. (Desc. from 1965 USNA Conifer Distribution List.)
Thuja occidentalis L.
Genus:
Thuja
Family:
Cupressaceae
Nomen number:

36584
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1002. 1753
Verified:
07/09/2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Thuja occidentalis L. f. buchananii (Späth) Rehder (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. cristata (Carrière) C. K. Schneid. (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. filiformis (Beissn.) Rehder (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. lutescens (Beissn.) C. K. Schneid. (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. occidentalis (0 active accession[s])
Thuja occidentalis L. f. pendula (Gordon) Beissn. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Thuja occidentalis L. var. fastigiata H. Jaeger

Autonym(s)
Thuja occidentalis L. var. occidentalis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Thuja occidentalis L. f. fastigiata (H. Jaeger) Beissn.
Thuja occidentalis L. f. malonyana C. K. Schneid.
Thuja occidentalis L. var. nigra L. H. Bailey
Thuja occidentalis L. var. pyramidalis Zederb.
Thuja occidentalis L. var. rosenthalii Beissn.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englisharborvitae  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Englisheastern arborvitae  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Englishnorthern white-cedar  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishswamp-cedar  1Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 149-150.
Englishwhite-cedar  1Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Frenchcèdre blanc  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Frenchthuier cèdre  2Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 149-150.
Frenchthuya du Canada  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
GermanLebensbaum  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Italianthuja  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Italiantuia occidentale  2International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Spanishthuja  2Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
Swedishtuja  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesebei mei xiang bai  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreanseoyangcheugbaeg  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
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