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{{Short description|Genus of conifer trees}}
{{Italic title}}
|name=Incense-cedar▼
{{Automatic taxobox
▲| name = Incense-cedar
| image = Calocedrus_decurrens_7947.jpg
| image_caption = ''Calocedrus decurrens''<br />California incense cedar
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| synonyms_ref = <ref name=c/>▼
| familia = [[Cupressaceae]]▼
| genus = '''''Calocedrus'''''▼
▲| genus_authority = [[Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz|Kurz]]
▲| synonyms_ref=<ref name=c/>
▲|synonyms=''Heyderia'' <small>K.Koch, illegitimate homonym</small>
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[[File:Incense Cedar in Lassen VNP.jpg|
'''''Calocedrus''''',
The generic name means "beautiful cedar".▼
==Description==
The genus is related to
[[Image:Calocedrus decurrens 7976.jpg|thumb|right|''C. decurrens'' foliage and male cones]]▼
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▲The generic name ''Calocedrus'' means "beautiful cedar".
Cladogram showing the evolutionary relationships:
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="1" |Stull et al. 2021<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stull |first1=Gregory W. |last2=Qu |first2=Xiao-Jian |last3=Parins-Fukuchi |first3=Caroline |last4=Yang |first4=Ying-Ying |last5=Yang |first5=Jun-Bo |last6=Yang |first6=Zhi-Yun |last7=Hu |first7=Yi |last8=Ma |first8=Hong |last9=Soltis |first9=Pamela S. |last10=Soltis |first10=Douglas E. |last11=Li |first11=De-Zhu |last12=Smith |first12=Stephen A. |last13=Yi |first13=Ting-Shuang |display-authors=et al. |year=2021 |title=Gene duplications and phylogenomic conflict underlie major pulses of phenotypic evolution in gymnosperms |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-021-00964-4 |journal=Nature Plants |volume=7 |issue=8 |pages=1015–1025 |bibcode= |biorxiv=10.1101/2021.03.13.435279 |doi=10.1038/s41477-021-00964-4 |pmc= |pmid=34282286 |s2cid=232282918 |doi-access=}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stull |first1=Gregory W. |display-authors=et al. |year=2021 |title=main.dated.supermatrix.tree.T9.tre |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Gene_duplications_and_genomic_conflict_underlie_major_pulses_of_phenotypic_evolution_in_gymnosperms/14547354 |publisher=Figshare |doi=10.6084/m9.figshare.14547354.v1 |doi-access=}}</ref>
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{{clade|style=font-size:90%;line-height:80%
|1={{clade
|1=''[[Calocedrus decurrens|C. decurrens]]'' <small>(Torrey) Florin</small>
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Calocedrus macrolepis|C. macrolepis]]'' <small>Kurz</small>
|2={{clade
|1=''[[Calocedrus formosana|C. formosana]]'' <small>(Florin) Florin</small>
|2=''[[Calocedrus rupestris|C. rupestris]]'' <small>Aver., Nguyên & Lôc</small>
}}
}}
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▲|}[[Image:Calocedrus decurrens 7976.jpg|thumb|right|''C. decurrens'' foliage and male cones]]
==Species==
===Extant species===
''[[Calocedrus formosana]]'', Taiwan incense cedar, is [[endemic]] to [[Taiwan]]. It is very similar to ''C. macrolepis'', and some botanists treat it as a variety of that, ''C. macrolepis'' var. ''formosana''. It is a medium-sized tree, growing to 25–30 m tall, and is rare in the wild, occurring only as scattered trees in mixed forests. The leaves are glaucous green on the upper side of the shoots, and conspicuously marked with bright white stomatal patches on the underside. The cones are 1.5–2 cm long, carried on a 1–1.5 cm stem.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200005407 Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 65 <big>台湾翠柏</big> tai wan cui bai ''Calocedrus macrolepis'' var. ''formosana'' (Florin) W. C. Cheng & L. K. Fu, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 7: 327. 1978. ]</ref>▼
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|[[File:Calocedrus decurrens (young female cones).jpg|120px]]|| ''[[Calocedrus decurrens]]'', California incense cedar (syn. ''Libocedrus decurrens'') || It is a large tree, typically reaching heights of 40–60 m and a trunk diameter of up to 3 m (maxima, 69 m tall and 3.9 m diameter), and with a broad conic crown of spreading branches. The leaves are bright green on both sides of the shoots, and the cones 2–2.5 cm long. It is by far the most widely known species in the genus, and is often simply called "incense cedar" without the regional qualifier. ||western North America
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▲|[[File:Calocedrus macrolepis var formosana4.jpg|120px]] ||''[[Calocedrus formosana]]'', Taiwan incense cedar
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|[[File:Calocedrus macrolepis kz1.jpg|120px]] ||''[[Calocedrus macrolepis]]'', Chinese incense cedar ||It is also a medium-size tree to 25–30 m tall, and like ''C. formosana'', is rare in the wild. The leaves and cones are similar to ''C. formosana'', differing most obviously in the shorter cone stem, only 0.5 cm long.<ref>{{eFloras|2|200005406|Calocedrus macrolepis |first1=Liguo |last1=Fu |first2=Yong-fu |last2=Yu |first3=Robert P. |last3=Adams |first4=Aljos |last4=Farjon |volume=4}}</ref> ||southwest [[China]] (from [[Guangdong]] west to [[Yunnan]]), and also in northern [[Vietnam]], northern [[Laos]], extreme northern [[Thailand]] and northeastern [[Myanmar]]
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{{extinct}}''[[Calocedrus huashanensis]]'' is an [[extinct]] species which was described in 2012. It is known from [[compression fossil]]s found in the [[Oligocene]] age [[Ningming]] Formation of southern China. ''Calocedrus huashanensis'' is known from branches and leaves.▼
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! Name !! Description !! Distribution
▲===Calocedrus macrolepis===
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▲|{{extinct}}''[[Calocedrus huashanensis]]''
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|{{extinct}}''[[Calocedrus suleticensis]]'' ||known from [[fossil]]s found in the [[Early Oligocene]] of [[Proboštov|Probostov]] (Holy Kluk Hill) in the volcanic complex of the Ceske stredohori Mts., [[Bohemia]]. ''Calocedrus suleticensis'' is known from a cone. ||[[Czech Republic]]
▲''[[Calocedrus rupestris]]'', the most recently discovered living species of ''Calocedrus'', was identified in Vietnam and first described in 2004. It occurs exclusively on rocky limestone ([[karst]]) terrain, a habitat that has a very high level of endemism. The close proximity of these populations to the [[China|Chinese]] and [[Laos|Laotian]] borders indicates that the species may occur in those countries as well. It is an evergreen, monoecious tree up to 25 m tall with a broadly rounded crown. The epithet "rupestris" means "rock-dwelling".<ref>Averyanov, H.T. Nguyen & L.K. Phan. Issues of Basic Research in Life Sciences with direction in upland agriculture and forestry. Proceedings, the 2004th [sic] National Conference on Life Sciences Thai Nguyen University, September 23, 2004 41–43, 1.</ref><ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=381482 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Calocedrus rupestris'' ]</ref>
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==Uses==
===Archery===
Incense cedar was one of the favored varieties of wood used to make bows by Native Americans in California. Like [[juniper]], and [[Taxus brevifolia|Pacific yew]], the other two coveted bow woods among Pacific Natives, this wood has excellent flexibility and compression strength-weight ratio. When backed with sinew, it produces extremely flexible, fast, hard-hitting bows, which are rivaled only by horn-sinew composite bows for their ability to store and release elastic energy. The archer Saxton Pope observed that [[Ishi]] used this wood to produce short bows.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.archerylibrary.com/books/pope/hunting-with-bow-and-arrow/chapter02_2.html|title = How Ishi made his bow and his method of shooting, from: Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Saxton Pope, 1923|date = 11 February 2019}}</ref>
===Lumber===
The [[wood]] of ''Calocedrus'' is soft, moderately decay-resistant, and with a strong spicy-resinous fragrance. That of ''C. decurrens'' is the primary material for wooden [[pencil]]s, because it is soft and tends to sharpen easily without forming splinters. The two Asian species were (at least in the past) in very high demand for [[coffin]] manufacture in China, due to the scent of the wood and its decay resistance. It is likely that past [[over-exploitation]] is responsible for their current rarity.
Incense cedar was the preferred [[Bow drill|hearth board]] of the Native Peoples of [[Northern California]] for [[Firelighting|lighting fires]] by friction
===Cultivation===
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.pinetum.org/cones/CUcones.htm Arboretum de Villardebelle - cone photos]
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