Distribution: Cedrus atlantica in red, C. brevifolia in blue and C. libani in purple (Vidakovic 1991).

Common Names

Cyprus cedar (Vidakovic 1991).

Taxonomic notes

Syn: Cedrus libani var. brevifolia Hook. f. (Vidakovic 1991).

Description

"A medium-size tree. Crown on older specimens broad and umbrella-shaped. Branches short, horizontally spread. Needles 5-8 (12) mm long, thick, blue-green. Cones cylindrical, with a large protuberance in the concave apex, about 7 cm long and 4 cm wide" (Vidakovic 1991).

Range

Cyprus: "the mountainous area of Pophos, Troodes and Tripylos, where it covers about 500 ha" (Vidakovic 1991).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

See Also

Farjon (1990) provides a detailed account, with illustrations.

This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.conifers.org/pi/ce/brevifolia.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
Last modified on 2006.11.19