Austrocedrus

Austrocedrus wani nau'i ne na conifer na dangin cypress (Cupressaceae). Yana da nau'i daya kawai, '''Austrocedrus Chile, asalin gandun daji na Valdivian da kuma gandun daji masu bushewa na tsakiya-kudancin Chile da yammacin Argentina daga 33 ° S zuwa 44 ° S latitude. An san shi a cikin asalinsa kamar ciprés de la cordillera ko cordilleran cypress, kuma a wasu wurare da sunan kimiyya kamar Austrocedrus, ko kuma wani lokacin kamar Chilean turare-cedar ko Chilean cedar.   Sunan yana nau'o'in "kudancin itacen al'ul".

Yana daga cikin subfamily Callitroideae, rukuni na bambance-bambance na Kudancin Hemisphere da ke da alaƙa da Tsire-tsire na Antarctic. Yana da alaƙa da nau'in New Zealand da New Caledonian Libocedrus, kuma wasu masu ilimin shuke-shuke suna bi da shi a cikin wannan nau'in, kamar 'Libocedrus chilensis, kodayake yana kama da Libocedus ƙasa da sauran nau'in cypress na Kudancin Amurka Pilgerodendron.

itace ne mai saurin girma, mai laushi mai laushi wanda ke girma daga 10 zuwa 24 m a tsawo, tare da ganyayyaki masu kama da sikelin da aka shirya a nau'i-nau'i. Shafuka ba su da daidaito a girman, tare da nau'i-nau'i na manyan (4-8 mm) ganye da ke canzawa tare da nau-i-nau-nau'in ƙananan (2-3 mm), suna ba da tsinkaye. Kowane ganye yana da sanannen fararen sutura a gefen waje. cones suna da tsawon 5-10 mm, tare da ma'auni huɗu, ƙananan ma'aunin ma'aunoni biyu da manyan ma'auna masu kyau; kowane ma'aikatar ma'auki yana da tsaba biyu masu fuka-fuki 3-4 mm.[1][2] Wannan nau'in dioecious ne, tare da ƙwayoyin namiji da mata suna girma a kan tsire-tsire daban-daban.[3]    

Ana samun cypress na Cordilleran a cikin gandun daji na Andes, yawanci a wuraren da suka bushe kusa da gandun daji mai laushi, a cikin gandu daji mai tsabta (inda sau da yawa yake da rinjaye a gabashin gangaren Andes a kudu maso yammacin Argentina) ko kuma a cikin haɗin gwiwa tare da nau'in Araucaria araucana da Nothofagus.  Sabbin tsire-tsire suna girma mafi kyau a cikin yanayin 8% ko mafi girman danshi na ƙasa da matsakaici zuwa hasken rana.

An gabatar da shi a arewa maso yammacin Turai da Pacific Northwest na Arewacin Amurka, inda ake shuka shi a wasu lokuta a cikin lambunan botanical.

 Manazarta 

 Haɗin na waje