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    Platycladus orientalis  (L.) FRANCO    
 

Fam.: Cupressaceae / Cypresse Fam.  

Synon.:  Thuja orientalis  L.

Genus:  Platycladus  SPACH,  Thuja  L.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   FRANCO:  Joăo Manuel Antonio do Amaral Franco (1921 - 2009), Portuguese botanist
   SPACH:  Édouard Spach (1801 - 1879), French botanist
 

Etymology:
   Platycladus:   platys = wide, clados = branch
   orientalis:   Eastern, from the Orient
   Thuja:   thýo" = I breathed perfume
 

Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae, D Heidelberg 6.12.2015
Fig. 1:  Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae (young plant)
D Heidelberg 6.12.2015
Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae, D Heidelberg 5.12.2015
Fig. 2:  Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae (young plant)
D Heidelberg 5.12.2015
Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae, D Heidelberg 5.12.2015
Fig. 3:  Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae (young plant)
D Heidelberg 5.12.2015
Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae, D Heidelberg 5.12.2015
Fig. 4:  Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae (young plant)
D Heidelberg 5.12.2015
Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae, D Heidelberg 5.12.2015
Fig. 5:  Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae
D Heidelberg 5.12.2015
Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae, D Heidelberg 5.12.2015
Fig. 6:  Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae
D Heidelberg 5.12.2015
Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae, D Heidelberg 5.12.2015
Fig. 7:  Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae
D Heidelberg 5.12.2015
Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae, D Heidelberg 22.9.2017
Fig. 8:  Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae
D Heidelberg 22.9.2017
Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae, D Heidelberg 22.9.2017
Fig. 9:  Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae
D Heidelberg 22.9.2017
Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae, I Orvieto 2.6.2007
Fig. 10:  Platycladus orientalis / Oriental Arbor-Vitae
I Orvieto 2.6.2007

 


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