Genus Fokienia A. Henry & H. H. Thomas

Possible synonym of Chamaecyparis Spach


Summary
Genus number:
4718
Last updated:
27 August 2010
Family:
Cupressaceae
Accession count:

4 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
all accepted species are in GRIN


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References:
  1. Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 156.
  2. Little, D. P. et al. 2004. The circumscription and phylogenetic relationships of Callitropsis and the newly described genus Xanthocyparis (Cupressaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 91:1872-1881. Note: Fokienia included within Chamaecyparis in only one partition of the data
  3. Little, D. P. 2006. Evolution and circumscription of the true cypresses (Cupressaceae: Cupressus). Syst. Bot. 31:461-480. Note: probably best treated as a Chamaecyparis species
  4. Rushforth, K. 2007. Notes on the Cupressaceae in Vietnam. Tap Chí Sinh Hoc 29(3):32-39. Note: = Chamaecyparis Spach
  5. Xiang, Q.-P. & J.-H. Li. 2005. Derivation of Xanthocyparis and Juniperus from within Cupressus: evidence from sequences of nrDNA internal transcribed spacer region. Harvard Pap. Bot. 9:375-382. Note: provides only weak support for Fokienia being derived from within Chamaecyparis
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=4718. Accessed 15 April 2026.