Biology:Hesperocyparis benthamii

Short description: Mexican species of western cypress

Hesperocyparis benthamii
Hesperocyparis benthamii tree in Mexico State, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Cupressales
Family:	Cupressaceae
Genus:	Hesperocyparis
Species:	H. benthamii
Binomial name
Hesperocyparis benthamii (Endl.) Bartel
Synonyms
List Callitropsis benthamii (Endl.) D.P.Little (2006) Endl. (1847) Kunze (1847) (Endl.) Franco (1945) Cupressus lusitanica var. knightiana Cupressus knightiana (Duch.) Rehder (1919) Cupressus benthamii var. knightiana Duch. (1855) Cupressus lindleyi subsp. benthamii Cupressus benthamii (Duch.) Mast. (1896) (Endl.) Silba (2005) Cupressus lusitanica var. benthamii Cupressus ehrenbergii (Endl.) Carrière (1867) Cupressus lusitanica subsp. benthamii

Hesperocyparis benthamii is a species of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. It is native to Mexico.

Taxonomy

Hesperocyparis benthamii was scientifically described by the Austrian botanist Stephan Endlicher in 1847 and given the scientific name Cupressus benthamii. It has at times been considered a subspecies of what was then known as Cupressus lusitanica. As of 2024 it is listed as a species in the genus Hesperocyparis, the western cypresses, by Plants of the World Online and World Flora Online.