Thuja occidentalis

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Pinophyta Class/Clade: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Cupressaceae Genus: Thuja

American arborvitae, eastern white cedar

Only found in cultivation

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Synonyms (99)

Chamaecyparis boursieri Carrière (1867)

Cupressus arborvitae O.Targ.Tozz. (1810)

Cupressus nobleana (Beissn.) Lavallée (1877)

Juniperus ericoides Mast. (1881)

Retinispora devriesiana Mast. (1881)

Retinispora dubia Carrière (1867)

Retinispora ellwangeriana Carrière (1869)

Retinispora glaucescens Hochst. ex Beissn. (1891)

Retinispora keteleeri Beissn. (1891)

Retinispora meldensis Carrière (1867)

Retinispora nobleana Beissn. (1891)

Retinispora pygmaea Beissn. (1891)

Retinispora troubetzkoyana Anon. (1890)

Thuja bodmeri Beissn. (1891)

Thuja canadensis K.Koch (1873)

Thuja caucasica Gordon (1862)

Thuja compacta Standish ex Gordon (1862)

Thuja devriesiana Carrière (1867)

Thuja ellwangeriana Carrière (1869)

Thuja ericoides Gordon (1862)

Thuja globosa Beissn. (1891)

Thuja hoveyi Gordon (1875)

Thuja minor Carrière (1867)

Thuja nana Carrière (1855)

Thuja obtusa Moench (1794)

Thuja occidentalis ericoides C.Lawson (1867)

Thuja occidentalis f. alba (Maxwell ex Gordon) C.K.Schneid. (1913)

Thuja occidentalis f. aurea (J.Nelson) Beissn. (1887)

Thuja occidentalis f. aureovariegata (Henkel & W.Hochst.) Beissn. (1887)

Thuja occidentalis f. buchananii (Späth) Beissn. (1909)

Thuja occidentalis f. compacta (Carrière) Rehder (1949)

Thuja occidentalis f. cristata (Carrière) C.K.Schneid. (1913)

Thuja occidentalis f. ellwangeriana (Carrière) Beissn. (1887)

Thuja occidentalis f. ericoides (C.Lawson) Beissn. (1887)

Thuja occidentalis f. fastigiata (H.Jaeger) Beissn. (1887)

Thuja occidentalis f. filicoides Beissn. (1891)

Thuja occidentalis f. filiformis (Beissn.) Rehder (1949)

Thuja occidentalis f. gaspensis Vict. & J.Rousseau (1940)

Thuja occidentalis f. globosa (Gordon) Beissn. (1887)

Thuja occidentalis f. hoveyi (Hoopes) Beissn. (1887)

Thuja occidentalis f. lutea (A.H.Kent) C.K.Schneid. (1913)

Thuja occidentalis f. magnifica (Beissn.) Rehder (1949)

Thuja occidentalis f. mastersii Rehder (1939)

Thuja occidentalis f. ohlendorffii Beissn. (1887)

Thuja occidentalis f. pendula (Gordon) Beissn. (1891)

Thuja occidentalis f. pendula-glauca Beissn. (1891)

Thuja occidentalis f. prostrata Vict. & J.Rousseau (1940)

Thuja occidentalis f. pumila (Otto) Rehder (1949)

Thuja occidentalis f. recurva-nana Jacob-Makoy (1868)

Thuja occidentalis f. recurvata Beissn. (1891)

Thuja occidentalis f. riversii Beissn. (1891)

Thuja occidentalis f. robusta (Carrière) Rehder (1949)

Thuja occidentalis f. rosenthalii (Beissn.) C.K.Schneid. (1913)

Thuja occidentalis f. sempervirens (Rehder) Rehder (1949)

Thuja occidentalis f. umbraculifera (Beissn.) C.K.Schneid. (1913)

Thuja occidentalis f. variegata (Weston) Rehder (1949)

Thuja occidentalis f. vervaeneana (Jacob-Makoy) Beissn. (1887)

Thuja occidentalis f. viridis Beissn. (1891)

Thuja occidentalis f. wareana-lutescens Beissn. (1891)

Thuja occidentalis f. woodwardii (Späth) Rehder (1949)

Thuja occidentalis pendula-variegata J.Nelson (1866)

Thuja occidentalis pumila Ed.Otto (1867)

Thuja occidentalis var. alba Maxwell ex Gordon (1875)

Thuja occidentalis var. aurea J.Nelson (1866)

Thuja occidentalis var. aureovariegata Henkel & W.Hochst. (1865)

Thuja occidentalis var. buchananii Späth (1891)

Thuja occidentalis var. compacta Carrière (1855)

Thuja occidentalis var. cristata Carrière (1867)

Thuja occidentalis var. douglasii Rehder (1902)

Thuja occidentalis var. douglasii-pyramidalis Späth (1891)

Thuja occidentalis var. fastigiata H.Jaeger (1865)

Thuja occidentalis var. filiformis Beissn. (1901)

Thuja occidentalis var. globosa Gordon (1875)

Thuja occidentalis var. hoveyi Hoopes (1868)

Thuja occidentalis var. lutea A.H.Kent (1881)

Thuja occidentalis var. magnifica Beissn. (1884)

Thuja occidentalis var. pendula Gordon (1862)

Thuja occidentalis var. plicata Mast. (1897)

Thuja occidentalis var. robusta Carrière (1855)

Thuja occidentalis var. rosenthalii Beissn. (1884)

Thuja occidentalis var. sempervirens Rehder (1923)

Thuja occidentalis var. squarrosa C.K.Schneid. (1913)

Thuja occidentalis var. umbraculifera Beissn. (1891)

Thuja occidentalis var. variegata Weston (1770)

Thuja occidentalis var. variegata-aurea Carrière (1857)

Thuja occidentalis var. vervaeneana Jacob-Makoy (1868)

Thuja occidentalis var. woodwardii Späth (1891)

Thuja odorata Marshall (1785)

Thuja plicata var. pendula (Gordon) Gordon (1875)

Thuja procera Salisb. (1796)

Thuja recurvata-nana Stelzner (1863)

Thuja sibirica Gordon (1862)

Thuja sibirica var. pendula (Gordon) J.Nelson (1866)

Thuja tatarica Gordon (1862)

Thuja theophrasti Nieuwl. (1912)

Thuja triangularis Defresne ex Beer (1869)

Thuja variegata Marshall (1785)

Thuja vervaeneana Van Geert ex Gordon (1862)

Thuja wareana var. lutea Van Geert (1878)

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Maui Only found in cultivation

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Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 1002 (1753)

Occurrences

SNo.	Scientific Name	Scientific Name Authorship	Locality	Habitat	Basis of Record	Recorded By	Record Number	Island	Source	Date
1	Thuja occidentalis	L.	W slope of Haleakala, HALE	Within research barracks.	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN	Medeiros, A.C.	490	Maui	BISH	8/11/1983
2	Thuja occidentalis	L.	w slope of haleakala, hale		PRESERVED_SPECIMEN	medeiros, a.c.	collector number: 490	Hawaii	US	8/11/1983

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