Cypress
Cypress
Charles de Saint-Évremond
<catset>Category="Cupressaceae"</catset><dl> <dt><dd><i>For the <a href="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean</a> <a href="Island">Island</a> (sometimes misspelled 'cypress'), see <b><a href="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>.</b></i> </dl><p>[image]<p><b>Cypress</b> is the name applied to many <a href="Plant">plants</a> in the <a href="Pinophyta">conifer</a> family <a href="Cupressaceae">Cupressaceae</a> (cypress family). Most plants bearing the common name <i>cypress</i> are in the genera <i><a href="Cupressus">Cupressus</a></i> and <i><a href="Chamaecyparis">Chamaecyparis</a></i>, but several other genera in the family carry the name:<ul><li> <a href="Cupressaceae">Cupressaceae</a> <ul> <li> <a href="Cupressus">Cypress</a> (<i>Cupressus</i> species) <li> <a href="Chamaecyparis">Cypress</a> (<i>Chamaecyparis</i> species) <li> <a href="Callitropsis">Cypress</a> (<i>Callitropsis</i> species) <li> <a href="Widdringtonia">African Cypress</a> (<i>Widdringtonia</i> species) <li> <a href="Taxodium">Bald Cypress</a> (<i>Taxodium</i> species) <li> <a href="Glyptostrobus">Chinese Swamp Cypress</a> (<i>Glyptostrobus pensilis</i>) <li> <a href="Austrocedrus">Cordilleran Cypress</a> (<i>Austrocedrus chilensis</i>) <li> <a href="Fokienia">Fujian Cypress</a> (<i>Fokienia hodginsii</i>) <li> <a href="Pilgerodendron">Guaitecas Cypress</a> (<i>Pilgerodendron uviferum</i>) <li> <a href="Fitzroya">Patagonian Cypress</a> (<i>Fitzroya cupressoides</i>) <li> <a href="Microbiota">Siberian Cypress</a> (<i>Microbiota decussata</i>) <li> <a href="Actinostrobus">Cypress-pines</a> (<i>Actinostrobus</i> species) <li> <a href="Callitris">Cypress-pines</a> (<i>Callitris</i> species) </ul> </ul> <hr style="height: 1px; color: #aaaaaa; background-color: #aaaaaa; border: 0; margin: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0;">The word is also used as a descriptor for this <a href="Flowering plant">angiosperm</a> vine in the <a href="Bindweed">Bindweed</a> family <a href="Convolvulaceae">Convolvulaceae</a>:<ul><li><a href="Convolvulaceae">Convolvulaceae</a> <ul> <li>Cypress vine (<i>Ipomoea quamoclit</i>) </ul> </ul><hr style="height: 1px; color: #aaaaaa; background-color: #aaaaaa; border: 0; margin: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0;"><b>Cypress</b> is also a place name for several localities: <ul> <li>In <a href="Canada">Canada</a>: <ul> <li><a href="Cypress Provincial Park">Cypress Mountain</a> ski resort in <a href="Cypress Provincial Park">Cypress Provincial Park</a> in <a href="Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia">Greater Vancouver</a>, <a href="British Columbia">British Columbia</a> <li>Cypress, Manitoba, a community in <a href="Manitoba">Manitoba</a> <li><a href="Cypress (electoral division)">Cypress (Manitoba riding)</a>, a historical political riding in the same region <li><a href="Cypress Hills">Cypress Hills</a>, hills in southern <a href="Alberta">Alberta</a> and <a href="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a> </ul> <li>In the <a href="United States">United States of America</a>: <ul> <li><a href="Cypress, California">Cypress, California</a> <li><a href="Cypress, Illinois">Cypress, Illinois</a> <li><a href="Cypress, Texas">Cypress, Texas</a> </ul> </ul>