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    Cupressus sempervirens  L.  var. horizontalis  (MILL.) LOUDON    
 

Fam.: Cupressaceae / Cypresse Fam.  

Synon.:  Cupressus sempervirens  L.  var. sempervirens

Genus:  Cupressus  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   MILL.:  Philip Miller (1691 - 1771), English gardener
   LOUDON:  John Claudius Loudon (1783 - 1843), Scottish botanist and landscape architect
 

Etymology:
   Cupressus:   Greek name of Cypres
   sempervirens:   always alive
   horizontalis:   horizontally
 

The Mediterranean Cypresses with cantilevered branches and the svelte Italian Cypresses with clinging branches, which are well-known as ornamental trees of Tuscany (Italy), are belonging to the same species and are only distinguished on varietal level:
- Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis resp. Cupressus sempervirens var. sempervirens
- Cupressus sempervirens var. pyramidalis resp. Cupressus sempervirens var. stricta.

 

Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, GR Hymettos 26.8.2014
Fig. 1:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
GR Hymettos 26.8.2014
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, GR Hymettos 26.8.2014
Fig. 2:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
GR Hymettos 26.8.2014
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019
Fig. 3:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019
Fig. 4:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019
Fig. 5:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019
Fig. 6:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
GR Athen, Mount Egaleo 10.4.2019
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, GR Euboea (Evia), Agia Anna 27.8.2017
Fig. 7:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
GR Euboea (Evia), Agia Anna 27.8.2017
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, GR Euboea (Evia), Agia Anna 27.8.2017
Fig. 8:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
GR Euboea (Evia), Agia Anna 27.8.2017
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, GR Euboea (Evia), Agia Anna 27.8.2017
Fig. 9:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
GR Euboea (Evia), Agia Anna 27.8.2017
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, GR Euboea (Evia), Agia Anna 27.8.2017
Fig. 10:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
GR Euboea (Evia), Agia Anna 27.8.2017
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Crete Preveli 3.4.2015
Fig. 11:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Crete, Preveli 3.4.2015
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Crete Preveli 3.4.2015
Fig. 12:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Crete, Preveli 3.4.2015
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Chios Kato Fana 29.3.2016
Fig. 13:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Chios, Kato Fana 29.3.2016
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Chios Kato Fana 29.3.2016
Fig. 14:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Chios, Kato Fana 29.3.2016
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Chios Kato Fana 29.3.2016
Fig. 15:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Chios, Kato Fana 29.3.2016
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Rhodos Tsambika 30.3.2019
Fig. 16:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress (young plant)
Rhodos, Tsambika 30.3.2019
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Rhodos Tsambika 30.3.2019
Fig. 17:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Rhodos, Tsambika 30.3.2019
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Rhodos Kolymbia 18.3.2023
Fig. 18:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Rhodos, Kolymbia 18.3.2023
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Rhodos Kolymbia 18.3.2023
Fig. 19:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Rhodos, Kolymbia 18.3.2023
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Rhodos Akramitis 21.3.2023
Fig. 20:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Rhodos, Akramitis 21.3.2023
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Rhodos Akramitis 21.3.2023
Fig. 21:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Rhodos, Akramitis 21.3.2023
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Samos Kallithea 18.4.2017
Fig. 22:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Samos, Kallithea 18.4.2017
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Samos Kallithea 18.4.2017
Fig. 23:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Samos, Kallithea 18.4.2017
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Samos Kallithea 18.4.2017
Fig. 24:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Samos, Kallithea 18.4.2017
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Samos Kallithea 18.4.2017
Fig. 25:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress (young plant)
Samos, Kallithea 18.4.2017
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Samos Kallithea 18.4.2017
Fig. 26:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress (young plant)
Samos, Kallithea 18.4.2017
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Samos Potami 15.4.2017
Fig. 27:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Samos, Potami 15.4.2017
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Samos Potami 15.4.2017
Fig. 28:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Samos, Potami 15.4.2017
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Samos Potami 15.4.2017
Fig. 29:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Samos, Potami 15.4.2017
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Samos Potami 15.4.2017
Fig. 30:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Samos, Potami 15.4.2017
Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress, Samos Potami 15.4.2017
Fig. 31:  Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis / Mediterranean Cypress
Samos, Potami 15.4.2017

 


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