Chinese Fir

Cunninghamia lanceolata

(Lamb.) Hook. Species

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Botanical name
Cunninghamia lanceolata
Also known as
China-Fir, Chinese Fir, Chinese-Fir
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Cunninghamia
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Chinese Fir

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Cunninghamia lanceolata but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Abies batavorum Abies lanceolata Belis jaculifolia Belis lanceolata Cunninghamia chinensis Cunninghamia jaculifolia Cunninghamia lanceolata var. corticosa Cunninghamia lanceolata var. lanceolata Cunninghamia lanceolata var. unicanaliculata Cunninghamia sinensis Cunninghamia sinensis var. prolifera Cunninghamia unicanaliculata Cunninghamia unicanaliculata var. pyramidalis Larix chinensis Pinus abies Pinus lanceolata Raxopitys cunninghamii

Others in Cunninghamia

Cunninghamia konishii
Formosan China Fir

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