Cordilleran cypress

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 Antartica.

It is a member of the subfamily Callitroideae, a group of distinct Southern Hemisphere genera associated with the Antarctic flora. It is closely related to the New Zealand and New Caledonian genus Libocedrus, and some botanists treat it within this genus, as Libocedrus chilensis, though it resembles Libocedrus less than the other South American cypress genus Pilgerodendron does.