Calocedrus

Incense-cedar
Calocedrus decurrens
California incense cedar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Subfamily: Cupressoideae
Genus: Calocedrus
Kurz
Type species
Calocedrus macrolepis
Synonyms

Heyderia K.Koch 1873 non Link 1833

California incense cedar, in Lassen Volcanic National Park

Calocedrus, the incense cedar (alternatively spelled incense-cedar), is a genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family, Cupressaceae, first described as a genus in 1873. Three species are native to eastern Asia and one to western North America.