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Chinese hemlock

Tsuga chinensis (Franch.) Pritz.

Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Tsuga

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Chinese hemlock: Tsuga chinensis var. formosana , Taiwan South Cross-Island Highway
Photo: Zilupe, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (11)
Arabic
أتسوغة صينية
arz
اتسوغه صينيه
Chinese
鐵杉, 铁杉, 仙柏, 假花板, 刺柏, 展栂, 拇栂, 旱莲花
English
Chinese hemlock
Esperanto
Ĉina cugo
French
Pruche de Chine
German
Chinesische Hemlocktanne, Taiwan-Hemlocktanne
Hebrew
צוגה סינית
Icelandic
Kínaþöll
Norwegian Bokmål
Taiwanhemlokk
Turkish
Çin sugası

Synonyms

  • Abies chinensis Franch.
  • Abies dumosa var. chinensis (Franch.) Franch.
  • Abies theisha David
  • Abies thunbergii (Lamb.) Lindl.
  • Tsuga brunoniana var. chinensis (Franch.) Mast.
  • Tsuga chinensis subsp. formosana (Hayata) Silba
  • Tsuga chinensis subsp. patens (Downie) A.E.Murray
  • Tsuga chinensis subsp. tchekiangensis (Flous) Silba
  • Tsuga chinensis var. daibuensis S.S.Ying
  • Tsuga dumosa var. chinensis (Franch.) E.Pritz.
  • Tsuga patens Downie

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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.