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| name = Himalayan cypress<br />
| image = Cupressus torulosa Manali-Leh.jpg<br />
| image_caption = By Manali-Leh Highway, [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| status = LC<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
|status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Qin, H.-n. |author2=Christian, T. |author3=Zhang, D |date=2013 |title=''Cupressus torulosa'' |volume=2013 |article-number=e.T191576A1989653 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T191576A1989653.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| genus = Cupressus<br />
| species = torulosa<br />
| authority = [[David Don|D.Don]] ex [[Aylmer Bourke Lambert|Lamb.]]<ref name=WCSP>{{cite web |url=http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=383261 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111160321/https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=383261 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 11, 2019 |title=''Cupressus torulosa'' |work=[[World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]] (WCSP) |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] }}</ref><br />
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=WCSP/><br />
| synonyms =<br />
*''Athrotaxis joucadan'' {{Au|[[Elie-Abel Carrière|Carrière]]}}<br />
*''Cupressus balfouriana'' {{Au|[[William Bull (botanist)|W.Bull]]}}<br />
*''Cupressus doniana'' {{Au|[[Joseph Dalton Hooker|Hook.f.]]}}<br />
*''Cupressus karnaliensis'' {{Au|[[John Silba|Silba]]}}<br />
*''Cupressus majestica'' {{Au|[[Joseph Knight (horticulturist)|Knight]]}}<br />
*''Cupressus nepalensis'' {{Au|[[John Claudius Loudon|Loudon]]}}<br />
*''Cupressus tournefortii'' {{Au|[[Michele Tenore|Ten.]]}}<br />
*''Thuja curviramea'' {{Au|[[Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel|Miq.]]}}<br />
}}<br />
[[File:2021-11-09T15 28 31+01 00a.jpg|thumb|In [[Botanical Garden of Valencia]], Spain]]<br />
'''''Cupressus torulosa''''', commonly known as the '''Himalayan cypress''' or '''Bhutan cypress''', is a [[species]] of [[Cupressus|cypress]] tree native to the mountainous northern regions of the [[Indian subcontinent]], in the western [[Himalayas]].<ref name=conifers.org>{{Gymnosperm Database |family=Cupressaceae |genus=Cupressus |species=torulosa |access-date=16 March 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Description==<br />
It is a medium to extremely large tree, typically growing up to {{cvt|45|m|-1}} in height.<ref name=FoC>{{eFloras|2|200005422|Cupressus torulosa |first1=Liguo |last1=Fu |first2=Yong-fu |last2=Yu |first3=Robert P. |last3=Adams |first4=Aljos |last4=Farjon |volume=4 |access-date=16 March 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Distribution==<br />
''Cupressus torulosa'' is an evergreen [[conifer]] tree species found on [[limestone]] terrain in the western Himalaya at {{cvt|300|-|2800|m|ft|-2}}.<ref name=conifers.org/><ref name=FoC/> Information on its distribution further east is conflicting. It may occur in [[Vietnam]].<ref name=conifers.org/> However, according to ''Conifers of Vietnam'', only cultivated forms exist there.<ref name=vietnam>{{Cite book| isbn = 1-872291-64-3| last = Luu| first = Nguyen Duc To| author2 = Philip Ian Thomas| title = Conifers of Vietnam| date = 2004| url = http://www.ceh.ac.uk/sections/bm/conifer_manual.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070519165835/http://www.ceh.ac.uk/sections/bm/conifer_manual.html| archive-date = 2007-05-19}}</ref><br />
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