Patagonian cypress

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 of southern Chile and Argentina, where it is an important member of the Valdivian temperate rain forests. Common names include alerce ("larch" in Spanish), lahuán (Spanish, from the Mapuche Native American name lawal), and Patagonian cypress. The genus was named in ho

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  1. (c) Patricio Novoa Quezada, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/pnovoa_lobo/14471174530/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzroya

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