Saharan cypress (Cupressus dupreziana)

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Coniferopsida
Order	Coniferales
Family	Cupressaceae
Genus	Cupressus (1)

Classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List (1). Varieties: The Atlas cypress or Moroccan cypress, Cupressus dupreziana atlantica is classified as Endangered (EN) and Cupressus dupreziana duprezianais is classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List (1).

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• Variety: in taxonomy, the science of classifying organisms, variety is the rank below subspecies. Members of a variety differ from others of the same species in relatively minor ways.

1. IUCN Red List (March, 2010)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org