Platycladus
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Platycladus is a monotypic genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis, also known as Chinese thuja,[4] Oriental arborvitae,[5] Chinese arborvitae, biota or Oriental thuja. It is native to northeastern parts of East Asia and North Asia,[3][6] but is also now naturalised as an introduced species in other regions of the Asian continent.
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Chinese arborvitae | |
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Platycladus orientalis in its natural habitat in Simatai, Great Wall of China | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Cupressales |
Family: | Cupressaceae |
Subfamily: | Cupressoideae |
Genus: | Platycladus Spach |
Species: | P. orientalis |
Binomial name | |
Platycladus orientalis | |
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