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...

Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa), East Asia Patagonian cypress (Fitzroya cupressoides), southern Chile and Argentina Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus...

Villalba, Ricardo (21 May 1993). "A 3620-Year Temperature Record from Fitzroya cupressoides Tree Rings in Southern South America". Science. 260 (5111): 1104–1106...

While it has been on the list of oldest trees, this Alerce tree (Fitzroya cupressoides) is now rivalling others to be possibly the oldest tree in the world...

known living individual non-clonal tree in the world. A specimen of Fitzroya cupressoides in Chile was measured by ring count as 3,653 years old, meaning...

Villalba, Ricardo (21 May 1993). "A 3620-Year Temperature Record from Fitzroya cupressoides Tree Rings in Southern South America". Science. 260 (5111): 1104–1106...

trees like the southern beech (Nothofagus), podocarps, the alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides), and Araucaria pines like the monkey-puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana)...

arizonica) Bald cypress, southern cypress (Taxodium distichum) Alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides) Hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Lawson's cypress (Chamaecyparis...

Villalba, Ricardo (1993). "A 3620-Year Temperature Record from Fitzroya cupressoides Tree Rings in Southern South America". Science. 260 (5111): 1104–1106...

evergreen conifers, including pehuén (Araucaria araucana) and alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides). The alerce looks like a giant sequoia, and is a rival in longevity...