Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco, 1949

🇬🇧 Chinese Thuja

🇫🇷 Platycladus d'Orient, Thuya d'Orient, Thuya de Chine

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
Class: Pinopsida
Subclass: Cupressidae
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Subfamily: Cupressoideae
Tribe: Tetraclineae
Genus: Platycladus
Species: Platycladus orientalis

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
Red List (Global): NT Near Threatened

Notes

Platycladus is a monotypic genus.

Photographs

img/platycladus-orientalis.webp — Platycladus orientalis

img/platycladus-orientalis-2.webp — Platycladus orientalis - Immature female cones

img/platycladus-orientalis-3.webp — Platycladus orientalis - Mature female cones

img/platycladus-orientalis-4.webp — Platycladus orientalis - Male cones

Sources

Farjon, A. (2013). Platycladus orientalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2013. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T31305A2803944.en
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 34). Biotope.