Austrocedrus

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Austrocedrus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/austrocedrus/). Accessed 2023-12-09.

Family

Cupressaceae

Species in genus

Austrocedrus chilensis

Glossary

apex: (pl. apices) Tip. apical At the apex.
appressed: Lying flat against an object.
decussate: Leaf arrangement where the leaves are in opposite pairs each pair at right angles to the preceding pair (as e.g. the scale leaves of Cupressaceae).

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Austrocedrus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/austrocedrus/). Accessed 2023-12-09.

A superb example of Austrocedrus chilensis, growing in a private area of Windsor Great Park, UK. September 2016. Image John Anderson.

A genus of a single species in Chile and bordering Argentina, closely allied to Libocedrus. Leaves scale-like, decussate, the lateral pairs up to 1⁄8 in. or slightly more long, appressed at the base, the upper part spreading but tending to curve inwards at the apex; facial leaves minute. Branchlets arranged in more or less flattened sprays. Cones about 1⁄2 in. long, with two pairs of woody scales, each with a minute boss on the back; upper pair fertile, the lower shorter, sterile. Seeds one or two on each scale, unequally winged.