Cupressaceae
Hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Chamaecyparis
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Common names
By language (15)
- Basque
- Altzifre japoniar, Hinoki, Hinoki altzifre
- Chinese
- 扁柏, 日本扁柏, 白柏, 钝叶扁柏, 云片柏
- Danish
- Sol-Cypres
- English
- Hinoki cypress, Hinoki false cypress, Hinoki, Japanese cypress
- Finnish
- Hinoki, Hinokisypressi
- French
- Cyprès du Japon, Hinoki, Hinoki faux-cyprès
- German
- Hinoki, Hinoky-Scheinzypresse, Muschelzypresse
- Japanese
- ひのき, 扁柏, 桧, 檜, 檜木
- Korean
- 노송, 노송나무, 편백나무
- mul
- Hinoki cypress
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hinoki, Hinokisypress
- Polish
- Cyprysik tępołuskowy, Hinoki
- Portuguese
- Hinoki, Nana gracilis
- Spanish
- Cipres japones, Ciprés japonés, Falso cipres hinoki, Falso ciprés hinoki
- Ukrainian
- Кипарис японський, Кипарисовик тупий, Туполистий кипарисовик, Японський кипарис
Synonyms
- Chamaecyparis acuta Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis andelyensis Gordon
- Chamaecyparis breviramea Maxim.
- Chamaecyparis keteleri Standish ex Parl.
- Chamaecyparis lycopodioides (Gordon) Sénécl.
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. alba-spica (R.Sm.) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. aurea (Fortune ex Gordon) Rehder
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. barronii Rehder
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. breviramea (Maxim.) Rehder
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. compacta (Gordon) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. crippsii (Rehder) Rehder
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. erecta (Beissn.) Rehder
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. filicoides (Hartwig & Rümpler) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. gracilis (Rehder) Rehder
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. gracilis-aurea (R.Sm.) C.K.Schneid.
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. lycopodioides (Gordon) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. magnifica (R.Sm.) Rehder
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. nana (Carrière) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. pendula (Maxim.) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. pygmaea (Gordon) Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. sanderi (Mast.) Rehder
- Chamaecyparis obtusa f. tetragona Rehder
- Chamaecyparis obtusa var. breviramea (Maxim.) Mast.
- Chamaecyparis obtusa var. crippsii Rehder
- Chamaecyparis obtusa var. erecta Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis obtusa var. ericoides Boehm. ex Beissn.
- Chamaecyparis obtusa var. fastigiato-ovata Uyeki
- Chamaecyparis obtusa var. filicoides Hartwig & Rümpler
- Chamaecyparis obtusa var. gracilis Rehder
- Chamaecyparis obtusa var. langissimopendula Makino
- Chamaecyparis obtusa var. nana Carrière
- Chamaecyparis obtusa var. pendula (Maxim.) Mast.
- Chamaecyparis obtusa var. similofacifera Makino
- Chamaecyparis obtusa var. tetragona-aurea G.Nicholson
- Chamaecyparis obtusa var. tsatsumi Slavin
- Chamaecyparis pendula Maxim.
- Chamaecyparis tsatsumi (Slavin) Slavin
- Chamaepeuce obtusa (Siebold & Zucc.) Zucc. ex Gordon
- Cupressus acuta Lavallée
- Cupressus breviramea (Maxim.) F.Muell.
and 26 more.
Photos
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.