''Hesperocyparis revealiana'' is a rare Mexican species of
conifer in the
cypress family, is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to a small area of the State of
Baja California
Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...
in northwestern Mexico.
[Conifers.org: ''Cupressus revealiana'']
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The type locality is the Rincón de Santa Catarina, in the Sierra de Juárez
The Sierra de Juárez, also known as the Sierra Juarez, is a mountain range located in Tecate Municipality and northern Ensenada Municipality, within the northern Baja California state of northwestern Mexico.
It is a major mountain range in the ...
of the Peninsular Ranges System.[
]
Description
''Hesperocyparis revealiana'' is a tree up to 10 meters (33 feet) tall. It has red scaly bark.
Male cones are 3–4 mm long. Female cones are 15–20 mm long.[Silba, John 1981. Phytologia 49(4): 393]
diagnosis in Latin, description in English, as ''Cupressus arizonica'' var. ''revealiana''J. Bisbee & D. Maerki. 2012. ''Cupressus revealiana'' (Silba) Bisbee comb. nov., validation as a new ''Cupressus'' species, with notes on the identification and distribution of other nearby cypress species. Bulletin of the ''Cupressus'' Conservation Project 1(1):3-15
includes many color photos plus comparisons with other species
References
External links
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revealiana
Flora of Baja California
Endemic flora of Mexico
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Plants described in 1981