Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Pinopsida > Subclass Pinidae > Order Cupressales > Family Cupressaceae > Genus Platycladus

Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Platycladus*	Spach	accepted genus name
*Biota*	(D. Don) Endl.	homotypic synonym
*Thuja sect. Biota*	D. Don	homotypic synonym

Species group names

*Thuja orientalis*	L.	basionym
*Biota orientalis*	(L.) Endl.	homotypic synonym
*Thuja orientalis*	L.	homotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: tuia; xiprer de ventall sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Euskera: ekialdeko tuia sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Majorcan: xiprer de ventall sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: biota-da-China; cedro palmar; thiino de Oriente; thuia de Oriente; thya de Oriente; tuia-da-china sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: árbol de la vida chino; tuya; tuya oriental

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Franco in Portugaliae Acta Biol., Sér. B, Sist. 1949. 1949.

Genbank

Citation

Raab-Straube, E. von (2014): Gymnospermae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=C44FC896-2F42-4B81-AFD5-BE35C8E7AB99