Cupressaceae
Taiwan cypress
Chamaecyparis formosensis
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Chamaecyparis
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Common names
By language (12)
- Catalan
- Xiprer de Formosa
- Chinese
- 紅檜, 红桧, 台湾扁柏, 松梧, 松羅, 水古杉, 薄皮仔, 薄皮松罗
- English
- Taiwan cypress, Formosan cypress, Hong kuai
- German
- Hong Kuai, Rote Taiwanzypresse
- Japanese
- ベニヒ, タイワンサワラ, タイワンベニヒノキ, ホン・クアイ, 紅檜
- lzh
- 松蘿
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Taiwansypress
- Persian
- سرو فرمزی
- Spanish
- Falso cipres de Formosa, Falso ciprés de Formosa
- Tamil
- சாமேசிபாரிசு பார்மோசென்சிசு
- tay
- Lipa matanah
- Turkish
- Formoza yalancı servisi
Synonyms
- Cupressus formosensis (Matsum.) A.Henry
- Cupressus formosensis (Matsum.) Silba
- Retinispora formosensis (Matsum.) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan
Photos
Photo: peellden, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peellden, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: HK James Ho on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: HK James Ho on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: lienyuan lee, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Homoarborea, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Homoarborea, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.