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Cupressaceae

Mediterranean cypress

Cupressus sempervirens L.

Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Cupressus

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Mediterranean cypress: Mediterranean Cypress Cupressus sempervirens at Cheleuka forest in Pentadactulos mountain, Cyprus
Photo: Chneophytou, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (53)
aeb
سرول
Albanian
Selvia
Arabic
سرو متوسطي, سرو, سرو البحر المتوسط, سرو شائع, شجرة الحياة
Armenian
Նոճի մշտադալար
arz
سرو المتوسط
Asturian
Ciprés
Azerbaijani
Həmişəyaşıl sərv
Basque
Nekosta arrunt, Altzifre arrunt
Belarusian
Кіпарыс вечназялёны
Bulgarian
Обикновен кипарис, Средиземноморски кипарис
Catalan
Xiprer, Xiprer mediterrani, Xiprers, Xiprès mediterrani
Chinese
地中海柏木, 柱形地中海柏木
Croatian
Obični čempres
Czech
Cypřiš stálezelený
Danish
Almindelig Cypres
dsb
Pšawa cypresa
Dutch
Italiaanse cipres
English
Mediterranean cypress, Italian cypress
Esperanto
Mediteranea cipreso
Estonian
Vahemere küpress
Finnish
Välimerensypressi
French
Cyprès commun, Cyprès d'Italie, Cyprès de Montpellier, Cyprès de Provence, Cyprès méditerranéen, Cyprès pyramidal, Cyprès sempervirent, Cyprès toujours vert
Galician
Alcipreste común
Georgian
Მარადმწვანე კვიპაროზი
German
Trauerzypresse, Echte Zypresse, Italienische Zypresse, Mittelmeer-Zypresse, Säulenzypresse, Trauer-Zypresse
Greek
Μεσογειακό κυπαρίσσι, Κυπάρισσος ο αειθαλής
Hebrew
ברוש מצוי, ברוש טוטם, ברוש מצוי אופקי
hsb
Prawa cypresa
Hungarian
Európai ciprus, Örökzöld ciprus
Icelandic
Sýprusviður
io
Mediteranea cipreso
Italian
Cipresso, Cipresso mediterraneo
Japanese
ホソイトスギ
kab
Tiddi
Lithuanian
Visžalis kiparisas
Macedonian
Обичен чемпрес
mzn
زربین
Norwegian Bokmål
Vanlig sypress, Sypress
Norwegian Nynorsk
Ekte sypress
Persian
سرو ناز
Polish
Cyprys wiecznie zielony, Cyprys włoski
Portuguese
Cipreste-italiano, Cipreste italiano
Romanian
Chiparos
Russian
Кипарис вечнозелёный
scn
Cipersu, Cipresso, Cipressu, Nucipersu
Serbian (Latin)
Obični čempres
Slovenian
Vednozelena cipresa, Ciperle, Navadna cipresa, Prava cipresa, Sredozemska cipresa
Spanish
Cipres comun, Cipres del Mediterraneo, Cipres del Mediterráneo, Cipres mediterraneo, Ciprés común, Ciprés del Mediterraneo, Ciprés del Mediterráneo, Ciprés mediterráneo
Swedish
Äkta cypress
Turkish
Akdeniz servisi, Adi servi, Dallı servi
Ukrainian
Кипарис вічнозелений, Кипарис вічнозелений горизонтальний
vec
Pigno
Welsh
Cypreswydden

Synonyms

  • Chamaecyparis thujiformis R.Sm. ex Gordon
  • Cupressus conoidea Spadoni
  • Cupressus elongata Salisb.
  • Cupressus expansa G.Targ.Tozz. ex Steud.
  • Cupressus fastigiata DC.
  • Cupressus foemina Garsault
  • Cupressus globulifera Parl.
  • Cupressus horizontalis Mill.
  • Cupressus horizontalis (Mill.) Voss
  • Cupressus horizontalis var. pendula Endl.
  • Cupressus lugubris Salisb.
  • Cupressus mariae Sennen
  • Cupressus mas Garsault
  • Cupressus orientalis Beissn.
  • Cupressus patula Pers.
  • Cupressus pyramidalis O.Targ.Tozz.
  • Cupressus roylei Carrière
  • Cupressus sempervirens f. horizontalis (Mill.) Voss
  • Cupressus sempervirens f. numidica Trab.
  • Cupressus sempervirens f. stricta (Aiton) Rehder
  • Cupressus sempervirens subsp. horizontalis (Mill.) A.Camus
  • Cupressus sempervirens var. globulifera Parl.
  • Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis (Mill.) Loudon
  • Cupressus sempervirens var. pendula (Endl.) A.Camus
  • Cupressus sempervirens var. pyramidalis (O.Targ.Tozz.) Nyman
  • Cupressus sempervirens var. sphaerocarps (Parl.) Parl.
  • Cupressus sempervirens var. stricta Aiton
  • Cupressus sempervirens var. umbilicata (Parl.) Parl.
  • Cupressus sphaerocarpa Parl.
  • Cupressus stricta Mill. ex Gordon
  • Cupressus thujifolia Knight ex Gordon
  • Cupressus thujiformis Parker ex Gordon
  • Cupressus thujioides H.Low ex Gordon
  • Cupressus tournefortii Audib. ex Carrière
  • Juniperus whitleyana Miq.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.