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Cupressus gigantea
It is endemic and found only in Tibet - China.Cupressus gigantea is a species of conifer in the Cupressaceae family. It is found only in China. The biggest known specimen is famous King Cypress (about 50 meters high, 5.8 meters in diameter, 0.165 acre of crown-projection-area and calculated age of 2,600 years). Source - * Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Cupressus gigantea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007. More