Austrocedrus
| Austrocedrus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Cupressales
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| Family: | Cupressaceae |
| Subfamily: | Callitroideae
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| Genus: | Austrocedrus Florin & Boutelje |
| Species: | A. chilensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Austrocedrus chilensis (D.Don) Pic.Serm. & Bizzarri
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Austrocedrus is a
Valdivian temperate rain forests and the adjacent drier steppe-forests of central-southern Chile and western Argentina from 33°S to 44°S latitude. It is known in its native area as ciprés de la cordillera or cordilleran cypress, and elsewhere by the scientific name as Austrocedrus, or sometimes as Chilean incense-cedar or Chilean cedar.[2][3][4]
The generic name means "southern cedar".
It is a member of subfamily
southern hemisphere genera associated with the Antarctic flora. It is closely related to the New Zealand and New Caledonian genus Libocedrus, and some botanists treat it within this genus, as Libocedrus chilensis, though it resembles Libocedrus less than the other South American cypress genus Pilgerodendron does.[2]
It is a slow-growing, narrowly conical
dioecious species, with male and female cones growing on separate plants.[5]
Cordilleran cypress is found in the evergreen mountain forests of the Andes, usually on drier sites within the rainforest, in open pure woods (where it is often locally dominant on the eastern slopes of the Andes in southwestern Argentina) or in association with Araucaria araucana and Nothofagus species.[2]
It has been introduced to northwest Europe and the Pacific Northwest of North America, where it is occasionally grown in botanical gardens.[6][7]
References
- ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 26 December 2016
- ^ ISBN 1-84246-068-4
- ^ a b Flora Chilena: Austrocedrus chilensis
- ^ Chilebosque: Austrocedrus chilensis
- ^ Gymnosperm Database: Austrocedrus
- ^ Mitchell, A. F. (1972). Conifers in the British Isles. Forestry Commission Booklet 33.
- ^ " Washington Park Arboretum: Austrocedrus" (PDF). Seattle Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2009-06-27.