Pinaceae
Yin shan
Cathaya argyrophylla
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Cathaya

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Common names
By language (13)
- Catalan
- Cathaya
- Chinese
- 銀杉, 银杉, 杉公子
- Danish
- Cathaya
- English
- Yin shan, Cathay fir
- Estonian
- Kataia
- French
- Cathaya
- frr
- Düüwenbuum
- Galician
- Cathaya
- German
- Taubenbaum
- Persian
- کاج چین
- Russian
- Катайя
- Ukrainian
- Катая
- Vietnamese
- Ngân sam
Synonyms
- Cathaya argyrophylla subsp. nanchuanensis (Chun & Kuang) Silba
- Cathaya argyrophylla subsp. sutchuenensis Silba
- Cathaya nanchuanensis Chun & Kuang
- Pseudotsuga argyrophylla (Chun & Kuang) Greguss
- Tsuga argyrophylla (Chun & Kuang) de Laub. & Silba
Photos

Photo: Charles76, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Karlostachys, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Karlostachys, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Charles76, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Charles76, CC BY-SA 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). About our plant data.