Callitris
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Not to be confused with Calytrix (a genus in Myrtaceae) or Callithrix (a genus of New World monkeys).
Callitris is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). There are 16 recognized species in the genus, of which 13 are native to Australia and the other three (C. neocaledonica, C. sulcata and C. pancheri) native to New Caledonia.[1] Traditionally, the most widely used common name is cypress-pine,[3] a name shared by some species of the closely related genus Actinostrobus.[4]
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Callitris | |
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Callitris preissii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Cupressales |
Family: | Cupressaceae |
Subfamily: | Callitroideae |
Genus: | Callitris Vent. |
Type species | |
Callitris rhomboidea | |
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