Cypress Cypress

Cypress - Definition and Overview

Cypress is the name applied to many plants in the conifer family Cupressaceae (cypress family). Most plants bearing the common name cypress are in the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis, but several other genera in the family carry the name:

  • Cupressaceae
    • Cypress (Cupressus species)
    • Cypress (Chamaecyparis species)
    • Cypress (Callitropsis species)
    • Fujian Cypress (Fokienia hodginsii)
    • Siberian Cypress (Microbiota decussata)
    • Patagonian Cypress (Fitzroya cupressoides)
    • Cypress-pines (Callitris species)
    • Bald Cypress (Taxodium species)
    • Chinese Swamp Cypress (Glyptostrobus pensilis)

The word is also used as a descriptor for this angiosperm vine in the bindweed family Convolvulaceae:


Cypress is also a place name for several localities:


For the Mediterranean island (sometimes mis-spelled 'cypress'), see Cyprus.

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