Callitris columellarisF.Muell.

Cypress PineMurray River PineNorthern Cypress-pineWestern CypressWestern Sand CypressWhite Cypress PineWhite Cypress-pineWhite Pinewhite cypress-pine

WFO wfo-0000580726 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Callitris columellaris, photographed by ronavery
fig. a ronavery, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-21 / obs. 189593992
Callitris columellaris, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. b Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 188222745
Callitris columellaris, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. c Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 186827724
Callitris columellaris, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. d Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 186620916
Callitris columellaris, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. e Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 178296152
Callitris columellaris, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. f Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 177015825
Callitris columellaris, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. g Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 174528743
Callitris columellaris, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. h Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 173796426

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Callitris columellaris is native: New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia New South WalesNorthern TerritoryQueenslandSouth AustraliaVictoriaWestern Australia
Native distribution of Callitris columellaris, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Northern Territory NTA
Queensland QLD
South Australia SOA
Victoria VIC
Western Australia WAU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 24 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Callitris arenosa A.Cunn. ex R.T.Baker & H.G.Sm.
  • Callitris columellaris f. flauca F.M.Bailey
  • Callitris columellaris f. glauca F.M.Bailey
  • Callitris columellaris subsp. campestris (Silba) Silba
  • Callitris columellaris subsp. intratropica (R.T.Baker & H.G.Sm.) Silba
  • Callitris columellaris var. campestris Silba
  • Callitris columellaris var. intratropica (R.T.Baker & H.G.Sm.) Silba
  • Callitris columellaris var. microcarpa (Benth.) Govaerts
  • Callitris glauca R.Br. ex R.T.Baker & H.G.Sm.
  • Callitris glaucophylla Joy Thomps. & L.A.S.Johnson
  • Callitris hugelii (hort. ex Garr.) Franco
  • Callitris intermedia R.T.Baker & H.G.Sm.
  • Callitris intratropica R.T.Baker & H.G.Sm.
  • Callitris robusta var. intratropica (R.T.Baker & H.G.Sm.) Ewart & O.B.Davies
  • Callitris robusta var. microcarpa (Benth.) F.M.Bailey
  • Frenela columellaris (F.Muell.) Parl.
  • Frenela hugelii Carrière
  • Frenela moorei (C.Moore) F.Muell.
  • Frenela robusta (Miq.) A.Cunn. ex Endl.
  • Frenela robusta A.Cunn. ex Mirb.
  • Frenela robusta var. microcarpa Benth.
  • Frenela verrucosa var. laevis C.Moore
  • Octoclinis backhousei W.Hill
  • Widdringtonia equisetiformis Mast.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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