Cedrus libani(L.) A.Rich.

Cedar of LebanonLebanon Cedar

WFO wfo-0000592537 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cedrus libani, photographed by Ben Costamagna
fig. a Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-21 / obs. 189778596
Cedrus libani, photographed by Ben Costamagna
fig. b Ben Costamagna, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202982336
Cedrus libani, photographed by Kristof Zyskowski
fig. c Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121657306
Cedrus libani, photographed by Kristof Zyskowski
fig. d Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121657557
Cedrus libani, photographed by Olena V. Vakarenko
fig. e Olena V. Vakarenko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182599097
Cedrus libani, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15642040
Cedrus libani, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15642012
Cedrus libani, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15642005

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Cedrus libani is native: Lebanon-Syria, Türkiye Lebanon-SyriaTürkiye
Native distribution of Cedrus libani, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Lebanon-Syria LBS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 30 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Abies cedrus (L.) J.St.-Hil.
  • Abies cedrus (L.) Poir.
  • Cedrus cedrus (L.) Huth
  • Cedrus effusa (Salisb.) Voss
  • Cedrus elegans Knight
  • Cedrus libanensis Juss. ex Mirb.
  • Cedrus libani f. nana (Loudon) Beissn.
  • Cedrus libani f. pendula (Carrière) Beissn.
  • Cedrus libani subsp. stenocoma (O.Schwartz) P.H.Davis
  • Cedrus libani subsp. stenocoma (O.Schwartz) Greuter & Burdet
  • Cedrus libani var. argentea Antoine & Kotschy
  • Cedrus libani var. libani
  • Cedrus libani var. nana Loudon
  • Cedrus libani var. pendula Carrière
  • Cedrus libani var. pendula-sargentii Hornibr.
  • Cedrus libani var. stenocoma (O.Schwartz) Frankis
  • Cedrus libanitica Trew ex Pilg.
  • Cedrus libanitica subsp. stenocoma O.Schwartz
  • Cedrus libanitica var. pendula (Carrière) L.H.Bailey
  • Cedrus libanotica Link
  • Cedrus libanotica f. pendula (Carrière) Rehder
  • Cedrus libanotica subsp. libani (A.Rich.) Holmboe
  • Cedrus libanotica var. pendula (Carrière) Rehder
  • Cedrus patula (Salisb.) K.Koch

and 6 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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