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Monterey Cypresses (Cupressus macrocarpa) planted in Melbourne, Australia

Cypress is the title applied to several plants in the conifer family Cupressaceae (cypress family). Virtually all plants bearing a most common title cypress come in the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis, but many more genera in a personal carry the title:

Cupressaceae Cypress (Cupressus species) Cypress (Chamaecyparis species) Cypress (Callitropsis species) African Cypress (Widdringtonia species) Bald Cypress (Taxodium species) Chinese Swamp Cypress (Glyptostrobus pensilis) Cordilleran Cypress (Austrocedrus chilensis) Fujian Cypress (Fokienia hodginsii) Guaitecas Cypress (Pilgerodendron uviferum) Patagonian Cypress (Fitzroya cupressoides) Siberian Cypress (Microbiota decussata) Cypress-pines (Actinostrobus species) Cypress-pines (Callitris species)


A word is besides utilized as a descriptor for this angiosperm vine in the bindweed family Convolvulaceae:

Convolvulaceae Cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit)


Cypress is likewise the toponym for many vicinity: In Canada: Cypress Mountain ski resort in Cypress Provincial Park in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia Cypress, Manitoba, a community in Manitoba Cypress (Manitoba riding), a historical political riding in the equivalent region Cypress Hills, hills in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan In a United States of America: Cypress, California Cypress, Illinois Cypress, Texas

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