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Cypress is the name applied to many plant
Plant

Plants are Life organisms belonging to the Kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae....
s in the conifer
Pinophyta

The conifers, division Pinophyta, also known as division Coniferae, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxon within the Plant. They are Conifer cone-bearing seed plants with Vascular plant tissue; all extant conifers are woody plants, the great majority being trees with just a few being shrubs....
 family Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae

The Cupressaceae or cypress family is a conifer family with worldwide distribution. The family includes 27 to 30 genera with about 130-140 species....
 (cypress family). Most plants which bear the common name cypress are in the genera Cupressus
Cupressus

The genus Cupressus is one of several genera within the Family Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for the others, see cypress....
 and Chamaecyparis
Chamaecyparis

Chamaecyparis is genus of Pinophyta in the family Cupressaceae, native to eastern Asia and western and eastern North America. It is one of several genera within the Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for others, see cypress....
, but several other genera in the family also carry the name, including:



The word Cypress is also used as a descriptor for the angiosperm
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
 vine in the bindweed
Bindweed

Bindweed may refer to:* Convolvulus, a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants* Calystegia, a related genus of about 25 species of flowering plants...
 family Convolvulaceae
Convolvulaceae

The Convolvulaceae, known commonly as the bindweed or morning glory family , is a group of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species of mostly herbaceous vines, but also trees, shrubs and herbs....
, known as the Cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit).

DNA analysis has shown that redwood trees are also in the cypress family.

ess was the first choice for Iranian Gardens.






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Cypress is the name applied to many plant
Plant

Plants are Life organisms belonging to the Kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae....
s in the conifer
Pinophyta

The conifers, division Pinophyta, also known as division Coniferae, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxon within the Plant. They are Conifer cone-bearing seed plants with Vascular plant tissue; all extant conifers are woody plants, the great majority being trees with just a few being shrubs....
 family Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae

The Cupressaceae or cypress family is a conifer family with worldwide distribution. The family includes 27 to 30 genera with about 130-140 species....
 (cypress family). Most plants which bear the common name cypress are in the genera Cupressus
Cupressus

The genus Cupressus is one of several genera within the Family Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for the others, see cypress....
 and Chamaecyparis
Chamaecyparis

Chamaecyparis is genus of Pinophyta in the family Cupressaceae, native to eastern Asia and western and eastern North America. It is one of several genera within the Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for others, see cypress....
, but several other genera in the family also carry the name, including:

  • Cupressaceae
    Cupressaceae

    The Cupressaceae or cypress family is a conifer family with worldwide distribution. The family includes 27 to 30 genera with about 130-140 species....
    • Cypress
      Cupressus

      The genus Cupressus is one of several genera within the Family Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for the others, see cypress....
       (Cupressus species)
    • Cypress
      Chamaecyparis

      Chamaecyparis is genus of Pinophyta in the family Cupressaceae, native to eastern Asia and western and eastern North America. It is one of several genera within the Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for others, see cypress....
       (Chamaecyparis species)
    • Cypress
      Callitropsis

      Callitropsis is a genus of cypresses in the family Cupressaceae, with several native to North America and one native to Vietnam in southeast Asia....
       (Callitropsis species)
    • African Cypress
      Widdringtonia

      Widdringtonia is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae . There are four species, all native to southern Africa, where they are known in the past as "cedars" but are now known as African cypresses....
       (Widdringtonia species)
    • Bald Cypress
      Taxodium

      Taxodium is a genus of one to three species of extremely flood-tolerant conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. Within the family, Taxodium is most closely related to Glyptostrobus and Cryptomeria ....
       (Taxodium species)
    • Chinese Swamp Cypress
      Glyptostrobus

      Glyptostrobus pensilis, also known as Chinese Swamp Cypress, is the sole living species in the genus Glyptostrobus. It is native to subtropical southeastern China, from Fujian west to southeast Yunnan, and also very locally in southern Vietnam....
       (Glyptostrobus pensilis)
    • Cordilleran Cypress
      Austrocedrus

      Austrocedrus is a genus of Pinophyta belonging to the cypress family Cupressaceae. It has only one species, Austrocedrus chilensis, native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests and the adjacent drier steppe-forests of central-southern Chile and western Argentina from 33?S to 44?S latitude....
       (Austrocedrus chilensis)
    • Fujian Cypress
      Fokienia

      Fokienia is a genus in the family Cupressaceae. In its characteristics, Fokienia is intermediate between the genera of Chamaecyparis and Calocedrus, though genetically much closer to the former....
       (Fokienia hodginsii)
    • Guaitecas Cypress
      Pilgerodendron

      Pilgerodendron is a genus of Pinophyta belonging to the cypress family Cupressaceae. It has only one species, Pilgerodendron uviferum, and is endemic to the Valdivian temperate rain forests and Magellanic subpolar forests of southern Chile and southwestern Argentina....
       (Pilgerodendron uviferum)
    • Patagonian Cypress
      Fitzroya

      Fitzroya is a genus in the cypress family Cupressaceae with a single species, Fitzroya cupressoides native to the Andes mountains of southern Chile and adjoining Argentina, where it is an important member of the Valdivian temperate rain forests....
       (Fitzroya cupressoides)
    • Siberian Cypress
      Microbiota

      Microbiota is a genus of evergreen Pinophyta shrub in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Microbiota decussata....
       (Microbiota decussata)
    • Cypress-pines
      Actinostrobus

      Actinostrobus is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae . Common names include cypress and cypress-pine, the latter name shared by the closely related genus Callitris....
       (Actinostrobus species)
    • Cypress-pines
      Callitris

      Callitris is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae . There are 15 species in the genus, of which 13 are native to Australia and the other two native to New Caledonia....
       (Callitris species)
    • Sargent Cypress
      Cupressus sargentii

      Cupressus sargentii is a species of conifer in the Cupressaceae family.It is found only in the United States....
       (Cupressus sargentii)


The word Cypress is also used as a descriptor for the angiosperm
Flowering plant

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of Embryophytes. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of Spermatophyte....
 vine in the bindweed
Bindweed

Bindweed may refer to:* Convolvulus, a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants* Calystegia, a related genus of about 25 species of flowering plants...
 family Convolvulaceae
Convolvulaceae

The Convolvulaceae, known commonly as the bindweed or morning glory family , is a group of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species of mostly herbaceous vines, but also trees, shrubs and herbs....
, known as the Cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit).

DNA analysis has shown that redwood trees are also in the cypress family.

Iran's ancient cypresses

Cypress was the first choice for Iranian Gardens. In all of the famous Persian Gardens
Persian Gardens

The tradition and style of garden design of Persian gardens influenced the design of gardens from Andalusia to India. The Taj Mahal is one of the largest Persian gardens of the world, but the gardens of the Alhambra equally show the influence of Persian garden style on a more intimate scale....
, such as Fin Garden
Fin Garden

Fin Garden, or Bagh-e Fin, located in Kashan, Iran, is a historical Persian Gardens. It contains Kashan's Fin Bath, where Amir Kabir, the Qajar dynasty chancellor, was murdered by an assassin sent by King Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar in 1852....
, Mahaan, Dowlat-Abad, and others, this tree plays a central role in their design. The is the Sarv-e-Abarkooh in Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
's Yazd Province
Yazd Province

Yazd is one of the 30 provinces of Iran of Iran. It is in the centre of the country, and its center is Yazd.The province has an area of 73,467 km?, and according to the most recent divisions of the country, is divided into ten counties: Maybod, Mehreez, Taft, Yazd, Ardakan, Behabad, Khatam, Sadogh, Bafq, Abar Kooh and Yazd, the capital....
. Its age is estimated to be approximately 4000 years.

Symbolism

In Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
, the cypress is associated with the underworld
Hades

Hades refers both to the ancient Greek underworld, the abode of Hades, and to the god of the underworld. Hades in Homer referred just to the god; the genitive case , Haidou, was an elision to denote locality: "[the house/dominion] of Hades"....
, grief and mourning. Ancient Roman funerary rites used it extensively. Cupressus sempervirens
Cupressus sempervirens

Cupressus sempervirens, the Mediterranean Cypress is a species of Cupressus native to the eastern Mediterranean region, in northeast Libya, southeast Greece , southern Turkey, Cyprus, western Syria, Lebanon, Israel and western Jordan, and also a disjunct population in Iran....
 is the principal cemetery tree both in the Western and Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 worlds.

See also

  • Cypress forest
    Cypress forest

    A Cypress forest is a western USA plant association typically dominated by one or more cypress species. Example species comprising the canopy include Cupressus macrocarpa....
  • Pine-cypress forest
    Pine-cypress forest

    Pine-cypress forest is a type of mixed conifer woodland in which at least one species of pine and one species of cypress are present. Such forests are noted in several parts of North America including Florida and California....