Cupressaceae: Family Cupressaceae

There are approximately 130-140 species in the Cupressaceae, or cypress family. It contains many trees of extremes. The Giant Sequoias has the largest tree with a trunk volume of 1486.9 square meters. The Coast Redwoods hold the record for the tallest tree at 115.55m tall. The second stoutest tree (sometimes called the largest tree) is the Montezuma Cypress in Mexico at 11.42 m in diameter. The second oldest tree is the Alerce at 3622 years old (second only to a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine).

Taxonomy

The family Cupressaceae is divided into seven subfamilies and thirty genera (based on recent analysis by Farjon 2005).

Subfamily Cunninghamhiodea

Cunninghamia

Subfamily Taiwanioidea

Taiwania

Subfamily Athrotaxidoideae

Athrotaxis

Subfamily Sequoioideae

Sequoia
Sequoiadendron
Metasequoia

Subfamily Taxodioideae

Taxodium
Glyptostrobus
Cryptomeria

Subfamily Callitroideae

Callitris
Actinostrobus
Neocallitropsis
Widdringtonia
Diselma
Fitzroya
Austrocedrus
Libocedrus
Pilgerodendron
Papuacedrus

Subfamily Cupresoideae

Thuja (5) - Northern White Cedar, Eastern Arborvitae, Western Redcedar, Japanese Thuja, Sichuan Thuja...
Thujopsis (1) - Asunaro
Chamaecyparis
Fokienia
Calocedrus
Tetraclinis
Microbiota
Platycladus
Callitropsis
Cupressus
Juniperus