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Austrocedrus
Also called Chilean Cedar
Austrocedrus chilensis, the Chilean cedar or cordilleran cypress, is the only living species in its genus, a conifer native to central-southern Chile and western Argentina. It is grown as an ornamental and timber tree in cool temperate gardens, and is best suited to areas with mild winters and dry summers.
Austrocedrus is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. Its sole living species, Austrocedrus chilensis, is native to the 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 range 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. The generic name means "southern cedar". It also contains 1 extinct species, Austrocedrus vetus, from the Late Cretaceous of Antarctica.
It is a member of the subfamily Callitroideae, a group of distinct Southern Hemisphere genera associated with the Antarctic flora.
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