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Taiwania cryptomerioides
Sign in to saveTaiwania, with the single living species Taiwania cryptomerioides, is a large coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae.
Species
VulnerableSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPinopsida
- OrderPinales
- FamilyCupressaceae
Native toChina South-Central, Myanmar, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam
Observations recorded1,402
台灣杉（學名：Taiwania cryptomerioides、魯凱語：wa driwru ki Dramare Ka angatu，意為撞到月亮的樹）又稱台灣爺、亞杉等，是一種大型的柏科台灣杉屬植物，為台灣特有種。台灣杉屬（Taiwania）主要分佈於台灣中部以及南部地區約1,500至2,500公尺高的山區，非法伐木的行為已導致這類樹木瀕臨絕種。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 192
- With media
- 135
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, UTEP, UACH, CAS, CM, UCSB
- Recorded in
- United States, Taiwan, Mexico, China, Myanmar, Chile, Japan
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Commons category
- Taiwania cryptomerioides
- taxon name
- Taiwania cryptomerioides
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- Taiwania cryptomerioides
- short name
- T. cryptomerioides
- taxon author citation
- Hayata
- taxon range
- Guangdong
- taxon common name
- 秃杉
- endemic to
- Taiwan Island
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Taxonomy
- Range
- Morphology
- History
- Extraordinary specimens
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Taiwania, with the single living species Taiwania cryptomerioides, is a large coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae.
==Etymology== Taiwania means 'from Taiwan', while cryptomerioides means 'resembling Cryptomeria.
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