| Cupressus gigantea | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Cupressales |
| Family: | Cupressaceae |
| Genus: | Cupressus |
| Species: | C. gigantea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cupressus gigantea W.C.Cheng & L.K.Fu | |
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Cupressus gigantea, the Tibetan cypress, is a species of conifer in the family Cupressaceae in Asia. C. gigantea was previously classified as a subspecies of Cupressus torulosa because of their similar morphological characteristics and close distribution, but have since been genetically distinguished as separate species.
Distribution
It is endemic to Southeast Tibet - China on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, particularly in the dry valleys of Nyang River and Yarlung Tsangpo River. Cupressus gigantea is the biggest of all Cupressus species.
King cypress
The biggest known specimen is the famous King Cypress, about 50 meters high, 5.8 meters in diameter, 0.165-acre (670 m) of crown-projection-area; and calculated age of 2,600 years.
References
- Zhang, D.; Qin, H.-n.; Christian, T.; Rushforth, K. (2013). "Cupressus gigantea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T32336A2815433. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T32336A2815433.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Fu, Yaru; Li, Shaoke; Guo, Qiqiang; Zheng, Weilie; Yang, Rui; Li, Huie (2019-02-21). "Genetic diversity and population structure of two endemic Cupressus (Cupressaceae) species on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau". Journal of Genetics. 98 (1): 14. doi:10.1007/s12041-019-1059-4. ISSN 0973-7731. PMID 30945670. S2CID 67790943.
- Li, Shaoke; Qian, Zengqiang; Fu, Yaru; Zheng, Weilie; Li, Huie (2014). "Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellites in the Tibetan cypress Cupressus gigantea using paired-end Illumina shotgun sequencing". Conservation Genetics Resources. 6 (3): 795–797. doi:10.1007/s12686-014-0222-8. ISSN 1877-7252. S2CID 14927898.
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| Cupressus gigantea |
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