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Accession Data:

Fitzroya cupressoides (Molina) I.M.Johnst.

  • Common Name: Patagonian Cypress
  • Family: Cupressaceae Bartling

  • Country of Origin: Chile (Los Lagos) to SW. Argentina
  • Habitat: Valdivian temperate rain forests

  • Description: Fitzroya cupressoides is the largest tree species in South America, normally growing to 40-60 m, but occasionally more than 70 m in Argentina. It is the sole extant species in the genus.3
  • USDA Zone: 8a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500081
  • Source: University of Wisconsin via AERGC Plant Swap
  • Provenance: UW2241
  • Accession Date: 07-13-2015
  • Bench: 2116 - MED:Mattoral B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-03-2023
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Endangered Species
    • CITES Appendix I Listed Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!

Classification:

  • Division: Pinophyta
  • Class: Pinopsida
  • SubClass: Pinidae
  • Order: Cupressales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • SubFamily: Callitroideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Gymnosperms & Gnetophytes
  • Type Species
  • IUCN Redlist Endangered Species
  • Endemism (endemic)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Argentina South / Chile South

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 13 July 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 13 July 2015.
  3. Fitzroya cupressoides at Wikipedia. Accessed 13 July 2015.
  4. Fitzroya cupressoides at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Thursday, December 15, 2016.

data regenerated on Wed, 03 May 2023 16:27:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Cupressaceae

Subfamily Callitroideae

  • Callitris columellaris
  • Callitris rhomboidea
  • Fitzroya cupressoides
  • Widdringtonia nodiflora
  • Widdringtonia wallichii W/C

Subfamily Cunninghamhioideae

  • Cunninghamia lanceolata

Subfamily Cupressoideae

  • Chamaecyparis thyoides W/C
  • Cupressus dupreziana
  • Cupressus vietnamensis
  • Juniperus chinensis

Subfamily Sequoioideae

  • Sequoia sempervirens

Subfamily Taxodioideae

  • Taxodium huegelii
W/C = Wild Collected
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