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Species
Near ThreatenedSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPinopsida
- OrderPinales
- FamilyCupressaceae
Native toAmur, China North-Central, China Southeast, Khabarovsk, Korea
General: Platycladus orientalis is rated as Near Threatened (NT
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Article
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, Oriental arborvitae, Chinese arborvitae, biota or Oriental thuja. It is native to northeastern parts of East Asia and North Asia, but is also now naturalised as an introduced species in other regions of the Asian continent.
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