Citation: Miq. in Lehm., Pl. Preiss. 1:643 (1845).

Synonymy: C. propinqua R. Br. ex R. Baker & H.G. Smith, Pines of Australia 112 (1910); C. robusta R. Br. ex R. Baker & H.G. Smith, Pines of Australia 89 (1910); C. preissii Miq. Subsp. murrayensis J. Garden, Contr. N.S. W. natn. Herb. 2:373 (1956).

Common name: Southern cypress-pine, Murray pine, black (or slender) cypress-pine, Rottnest Island pine (W.Aust. tuberculate form).

Description:
Broad conical tree to 15 m high, in less favourable habitats a straggly tree; leaves dark-green, occasionally glaucous, abaxial surface rounded. Peduncle 0.2-1.2 cm wide, 0.1-2.1 cm long.

Cones single or in groups of 2 or more, globose or subglobose, 1.5-4.2 cm wide, 1.3-3.5 cm long, dorsal surface finely or coarsely rugose, with or without tubercles; dorsal point inconspicuous; columella simple.

Image source: fig. 51 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Image source: fig. 51 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  A species of woodlands and mallee open scrub occupying shallow limestone soils to deep acid sands.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: spring — summer.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: C. preissii has a wide range of cone forms. The finely rugose cone forms intergrade with C. columellaris and the tuberculate cone forms with C. verrucosa forming a species complex. Garden (1956) Contr. N.S. W. natn. Herb. 2:371 recognised three subspecies of C. preissii; subsp. preissii, subsp. murrayensis and subsp. verrucosa. Multivariate analysis of cone characters has not supported this classification (Venning, 1979). Consequently subsp. preissii and subsp. murrayensis have been combined and subsp. verrucosa regarded as a separate species.

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