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Calocedrus

Calocedrus, the incense cedar (alternatively spelled incense-cedar), is a genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae first described as a genus in 1873. It is native to eastern Asia and western North America. The generic name Calocedrus means "beautiful cedar".

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

California incense-cedar

speciesCalocedrus decurrens

Taiwanese incense-cedar

speciesCalocedrus formosana

Chinese Incense‒cedar

speciesCalocedrus macrolepis

Limestone Incense‒cedar

speciesCalocedrus rupestris

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53727.