Hesperocyparis benthamii

Hesperocyparis benthamii is a species of western cypress native to Mexico.

Hesperocyparis benthamii
Hesperocyparis benthamii tree in Mexico State, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Cupressales
Family:	Cupressaceae
Genus:	Hesperocyparis
Species:	H. benthamii
Binomial name
Hesperocyparis benthamii (Endl.) Bartel
Synonyms[1]
List Callitropsis benthamii (Endl.) D.P.Little (2006) Cupressus benthamii Endl. (1847) Cupressus benthamii var. knightiana (Duch.) Mast. (1896) Cupressus ehrenbergii Kunze (1847) Cupressus knightiana Duch. (1855) Cupressus lindleyi subsp. benthamii (Endl.) Silba (2005) Cupressus lusitanica var. benthamii (Endl.) Carrière (1867) Cupressus lusitanica subsp. benthamii (Endl.) Franco (1945) Cupressus lusitanica var. knightiana (Duch.) Rehder (1919)

Taxonomy

Hesperocyparis benthamii was scientifically described by the Austrian botanist Stephan Endlicher in 1847 and given the scientific name Cupressus benthamii. It has at times been considered a subspecies of what was then known as Cupressus lusitanica. As of 2024^[update] it is listed as a species in the genus Hesperocyparis, the western cypresses, by Plants of the World Online and World Flora Online.^[1][2]