Cedrus libani A.Rich., 1823

Common names

🇬🇧 Cedar-of-Lebanon
🇫🇷 Cèdre du Liban, Cèdre du mont Liban

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
Class: Pinopsida
Subclass : Pinidae
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Subfamily: Abietoideae
Tribe: Cedreae
Genus: Cedrus
Species: Cedrus libani

Presence

Introduced, not established.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
Red List (Europe): VU Vulnerable

Notes

Possible confusion with C. atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière, 1855, whose current year’s shoots are pubescent, while those of C. libani are glabrous.

Photographs

img/cedrus-libani.webp — *Cedrus libani*

img/cedrus-libani-2.webp — *Cedrus libani*

img/cedrus-libani-3.webp — *Cedrus libani* - Leaves

Sources

Christou, A., & Gardner, M. (2017). Cedrus libani (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2017. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/46191675/83839346
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 38). Biotope.