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Fitzroya cupressoides
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Fitzroya is a monotypic genus in the cypress family. The single living species, Fitzroya cupressoides, is a tall, long-lived conifer native to the Andes mountains and coastal regions of southern Chile, and to the Argentine Andes, where it is an important member of the Valdivian temperate forests. Common names include lawal (in Mapudungun, Hispanicized as lahual), alerce (, "larch" in Spanish), and Patagonian cypress. The genus was named in honour of Robert FitzRoy.
Species
Patagonian cypress
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPinopsida
- OrderPinales
- FamilyCupressaceae
General: Fitzroya cupressoides is rated as Endangered (EN) according
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 133
- With media
- 67
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CAS, UCR, CDA, US, NY
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States, Chile, Argentina, United Kingdom, Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
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Fitzroya is a monotypic genus in the cypress family. The single living species, Fitzroya cupressoides, is a tall, long-lived conifer native to the Andes mountains and coastal regions of southern Chile, and to the Argentine Andes, where it is an important member of the Valdivian temperate forests. Common names include lawal (in Mapudungun, Hispanicized as lahual), alerce (, "larch" in Spanish), and Patagonian cypress. The genus was named in honour of Robert FitzRoy.
The genus is ancient with it dating back to the Cretaceous of South America. Fossils are also known from the Paleogene of Tasmania, Australia (particularly from the now extinct Fitzroya tasmanensis).
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