Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Botany
Cryptomeria japonica (L. f.) D. Don
Cryptomeria japonica (L.f.) D. Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. 18:166, pl. 13: fig. 1, 1841.—Merrill, Phil. Jour. Sci. Bot. 9:47, 1914.—Bryan, Guam Recorder 13 (12):13, 1937.—Stone, Micronesica 6:67, 1971.
Cupressus japonica L. f., Suppl. 421, 1781.
Characters of the genus.
Native to China and Japan; once collected as a cultivated plant in Guam. An important timber tree in Japan, called “sugi.”
MARIANAS ISLANDS.—Guam: s.l. G.E.S. 433 (US). Merrill, 1914:47. Bryan, 1937:13. Stone, 1971:67.
- bibliographic citation
- Fosberg, F. Raymond and Sachet, Marie-Hélène. 1975. "Flora of Micronesia, 1: Gymnospermae." Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.0081024X.20
