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Calocedrus
Genus of conifer trees / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Calocedrus, the incense cedar (alternatively spelled incense-cedar), is a genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae first described as a genus in 1873.[2][3] Three species are native to eastern Asia and one to western North America.[1]
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Incense-cedar | |
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Calocedrus decurrens California incense cedar | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Cupressales |
Family: | Cupressaceae |
Subfamily: | Cupressoideae |
Genus: | Calocedrus Kurz |
Type species | |
Calocedrus macrolepis | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Heyderia K.Koch 1873 non Link 1833 |
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