Genus Libocedrus (Noun)
Meaning
Cypresses that resemble cedars.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The Incense cedars, more properly known as Calocedrus or in older texts as the genus Libocedrus, have distinct flat sprays of scale like foliage.
- The term cedar was widely used for the genus Libocedrus for over 200 years due to its cedar-like appearance.
- Resembling the true cedars are the Incense Cedars genus Libocedrus that thrives in dry upland areas of Northern Mountains.
- Federation of Washington Nurseries mentions that the genus Libocedrus, the incense cedars are conifers often considered a part of the cedars.
- Some workers feel the Incense Cedars or the group known as the genus Libocedrus could better fit to family Taxodiaceae.