Cupressaceae

Cedar-of-Goa

Hesperocyparis lusitanica (Mill.) Bartel

Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Hesperocyparis

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Cedar-of-Goa: Cupressus lusitanica , Puebla, Mexico. — Photo: Sergio Kasusky at Flickr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (21)

Arabic: سرو لوسيتاني
arz: سرو لوسيتانى
azb: لوزیتانی سروی
Basque: Portugalgo nekosta
Bulgarian: Мексикански кипарис
Chinese: 速生柏, 墨西哥柏木, 葡萄牙柏木
English: Cedar-of-Goa, Mexican cypress
French: Cyprès du Portugal, Cyprès de Portugal
Georgian: Მექსიკური კვიპაროზი
German: Mexikanische Zypresse
Hebrew: ברוש פורטוגלי
Hungarian: Mexikói ciprus
Japanese: メキシコイトスギ
Kinyarwanda: Umuzonibari
Malagasy: Cipress
nah: Tlatzcan
Norwegian Bokmål: Meksikansk sypress
Persian: سرو لوسیتانی
Portuguese: Cipreste-português
Russian: Кипарис мексиканский
Spanish: Ciprés mexicano, Cedro, Cedro Blanco, Cedro Blanco del Deserto, Ciprés

Synonyms

Callitropsis lusitanica (Mill.) D.P.Little
Cupressus benthamii var. lindleii (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Mast.
Cupressus coulteri J.Forbes
Cupressus excelsa J.Scott ex Carrière
Cupressus glauca Lam.
Cupressus glauca var. tristis Endl.
Cupressus karwinskiana Regel
Cupressus lindleyi Klotzsch ex Endl.
Cupressus lindleyi subsp. hondurensis (Silba) Silba
Cupressus lindleyi var. hondurensis (Silba) Silba
Cupressus lusitanica Mill.
Cupressus lusitanica f. vulgaris Franco
Cupressus lusitanica subsp. genuina Franco
Cupressus lusitanica subsp. mexicana (K.Koch) Maire
Cupressus lusitanica var. chlorocarpa Franco
Cupressus lusitanica var. communis Franco
Cupressus lusitanica var. epruinosa Franco
Cupressus lusitanica var. glauca A.Henry
Cupressus lusitanica var. hondurensis Silba
Cupressus lusitanica var. knightiana (Perry ex Gordon) Rehder
Cupressus lusitanica var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Carrière
Cupressus lusitanica var. lusitanica
Cupressus lusitanica var. skinneri (J.Scott ex Carrière) A.Henry
Cupressus lusitanica var. tristis (Endl.) Carrière
Cupressus lusitanica var. typica Franco
Cupressus lusitanica var. uhdeana (Gordon ex Carrière) Carrière
Cupressus mexicana K.Koch
Cupressus pendula L'Hér.
Cupressus sinensis J.Lee ex Gordon
Cupressus thurifera Lindl.
Cupressus ugelii Hort ex Lavallée
Cupressus uhdeana Gordon ex Carrière
Cupressus umbilicata Parl.
Hesperocyparis lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) Silba
Hesperocyparis lindleyi subsp. hondurensis (Silba) Silba
Hesperocyparis lusitanica var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) de Laub.
Juniperus uhdeana Gordon
Neocupressus lusitanica (Mill.) de Laub.
Neocupressus lusitanica var. lindleyi (Klotzsch ex Endl.) de Laub.

Photos

Photo: Sergio Kasusky at Flickr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Alberto Alcalá, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: alan_rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.