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Pinaceae

Atlantic cedar

Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) G.Manetti ex Carrière

Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Cedrus

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Atlantic cedar: Old Atlas Cedar Cedrus libani subsp. atlantica , in the Atlas mountains near Azrou , Morocco.
Photo: Nikos D. Karabelas, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (52)
Arabic
أرز أطلسي, الأرز الأطلسي, شجرة الأرز
Armenian
Մայրի ատլասյան
ary
لأرز د لأطلس, أرز د لأطلس, شجرة د لأرز
arz
ارز اطلسى
Asturian
Cedru l'atles
Azerbaijani
Atlas sidri
Basque
Atlasko zedro
Bulgarian
Атласки кедър, Атлански кедър
Catalan
Cedre de l'Atles, Cedre de l'Atlas, Cedre de l’Atles
Chinese
北非雪松
Croatian
Atlaski cedar
Czech
Cedr atlaský
Danish
Atlas-Ceder
Dutch
Atlasceder, Atlas ceder, Blauwe ceder
English
Atlantic cedar, Atlas cedar
Esperanto
Atlasa cedro
Finnish
Atlassetri
French
Cèdre de l'Atlas, Cèdre bleu de l'Atlas, Cèdre bleu pleureur, Cèdre bleu pleureur de l'Atlas, Cèdre de l'Atlas doré, Cèdre de l'Atlas fastigié, Cèdre de l'Atlas pyramidal, Cèdre pleureur
Galician
Cedro do Atlas, Piñeiro de Marrocos
German
Atlas-Zeder, Atlaszeder
Greek
Κέδρος του Ατλαντικού
Hebrew
ארז אטלנטי, ארז אטלס
Hungarian
Atlaszcédrus
Icelandic
Atlas-cedro
io
Atlas-cedro
Italian
Cedro dell'Atlante, Cedri dell'Atlante
Japanese
アトラスシーダー, アトラス・シダー, アトラス杉
kab
Ingel
koi
Атласісь сыспу
Korean
아틀라스개잎갈나무, 아틀라스시다
lah
اٹلس دیار
Latvian
Atlasa ciedrs
Lithuanian
Atlaso kedras
Luxembourgish
Atlas-Zeeder, Atlaszeeder
Macedonian
Атлантски кедар
Norwegian Bokmål
Atlasseder, Atlas-seder
Norwegian Nynorsk
Atlasseder
Persian
سدر اطلسی
Polish
Cedr atlaski, Cedr atlantycki
Portuguese
Cedro-do-atlas, Cedro do Atlas
Russian
Кедр атласский, Атласский кедр
Serbian
Atlaski kedar, Атласки кедар
Serbian (Latin)
Atlaski kedar
Slovenian
Atlaška cedra
Spanish
Cedro atlantico, Cedro atlántico, Cedro azul del Atlas, Cedro del Atlas
Swedish
Atlasceder, Atlascederträ, Atlascederträd
Turkish
Atlas sediri
Ukrainian
Кедр атласький
Urdu
اطلس دیودار
Vietnamese
Tuyết tùng Atlas
Walloon
Cede di l' Atlasse, Cedro atlantico
Welsh
Cedrwydden yr Atlas

Synonyms

  • Abies atlantica (Endl.) Lindl. & Gordon
  • Cedrus africana Gordon ex Knight
  • Cedrus argentea hort. ex Carrière
  • Cedrus atlantica f. argentea (hort. ex Carrière) Rehder
  • Cedrus atlantica f. fastigiata (Carrière) Rehder
  • Cedrus atlantica f. glauca (Carrière) Beissn.
  • Cedrus atlantica f. pendula (Carrière) Rehder
  • Cedrus atlantica var. argentea (hort. ex Carrière) A.Murray
  • Cedrus atlantica var. glauca Carrière
  • Cedrus atlantica var. pendula Carrière
  • Cedrus atlantica var. variegata Carrière
  • Cedrus libani f. glauca (Carrière) Beissn. & Fitschen
  • Cedrus libani f. glauca (Carrière) Geerinck
  • Cedrus libani f. glaucissima P.D.Sell
  • Cedrus libani subsp. atlantica (Endl.) Batt. & Trab.
  • Cedrus libani var. africana A.Murray bis
  • Cedrus libani var. atlantica (Endl.) Hook.f.
  • Cedrus libani var. glauca Carrière
  • Cedrus libanitica subsp. atlantica (Endl.) O.Schwartz
  • Cedrus libanotica subsp. atlantica (Endl.) Jahand. & Maire
  • Cedrus libanotica var. glauca Carrière
  • Pinus atlantica Endl.
  • Pinus cedrus var. atlantica (Endl.) Parl.

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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.