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Cupressaceae

Patagonian cypress

Fitzroya cupressoides (Molina) I.M.Johnst.

Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Fitzroya

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Patagonian cypress: Fitzroya cupressoides , habit. Puerto Montt, Los Lagos, Chile.
Photo: Mark Wagner, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (31)
Arabic
فتزروية
arz
فيتزرويا كوبرسويدس
Bulgarian
Кипарисова фицроя
Catalan
Fitzroya
Chinese
智利柏, 智利肖柏
Danish
Fitzroya-slægten
Dutch
Fitzroya
English
Patagonian cypress, Alerce
Esperanto
Alerco
Finnish
Patagoniansypressi, Patagoniansypressit
French
Cyprès de Patagonie
German
Patagonische Zypresse, Alerce
Hebrew
ברוש פטגוני
Hungarian
Patagónciprus
Icelandic
Fitzroya
Japanese
パタゴニアヒバ, アレルシ, アレルセ, アレース, チリヒノキ, パタゴニアイトスギ, パタゴニアサイプレス, パタゴニアヒバ属
koi
Фицройя
kv
Фицройя
Lithuanian
Kiparisinė ficroja, Ficroja
Luxembourgish
Patagonesch Zypress
Malayalam
ഫിറ്റ്സ്റോയ
mrj
Фицройя
Norwegian Bokmål
Fitzroyaslekten, Fitzroya, Patagoniasypress
Persian
سرو پاتاگونیا
Polish
Ficroja cyprysowata, Cyprys patagoński, Ficroja
Portuguese
Cipreste-da-patagónia
Russian
Фицройя, Abies cupressoides, Thuja tetragona, Фитцройя, Фицройя кипарисовидная
Spanish
Alerce, Falso cipres de Patagonia, Falso ciprés de Patagonia, Lahuan, Lahuán
Turkish
Fitzroya
udm
Фицройя
Ukrainian
Фіцройя

Synonyms

  • Cupresstellata patagonica (Hook.f. ex Lindl.) J.Nelson
  • Fitzroya patagonica Hook.f. ex Lindl.
  • Libocedrus cupressoides (Molina) Kuntze
  • Pinus cupressoides Molina

Photos

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.