Cupressaceae
Chilean cedar
Austrocedrus chilensis
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Austrocedrus
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Common names
By language (7)
- arn
- Len
- Catalan
- Austrocedrus
- Danish
- Andesceder
- English
- Chilean cedar, Cordilleran cypress
- Finnish
- Chilentuoksusetri
- German
- Chilezeder
- Spanish
- Ciprès, Ciprès de la Cordillera, Ciprés de la Cordillera
Synonyms
- Cupressus chilensis Gillies ex Hook.
- Cupressus thujoides Pav. ex Carrière
- Libocedrus chilensis (D.Don) Endl.
- Libocedrus chilensis var. argenteus Lavallée
- Libocedrus excelsa Gordon
- Thuja andina Poepp.
- Thuja chilensis D.Don
- Thuja cuneata Dombey ex Endl.
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.