台灣杉（學名：Taiwania cryptomerioides、魯凱語：wa driwru ki Dramare Ka angatu，意為撞到月亮的樹[4]）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）主要分布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。這個樹種是亞洲最高的樹種之一，可高達90公尺和直徑達3公尺。100歲以下的樹，樹葉呈針狀，約8－15毫米長；成熟的樹，樹葉變成像鱗狀，3－7毫米長。毬果較小，15－25毫米長、15－30毫米寬，易脆的鱗片，每個鱗片有2個種子。幼株枝葉顏色為粉綠，老株為深綠。[5] 雌雄同株，雄花5至7枚，密集生於小枝先端，有短柄，雄蕊15至16枚，每一雄蕊有2至3個花粉囊，雌花頂生，球形或橢圓形，多為鱗片，每一鱗片內有胚珠2枚。 果實為毬果球形或卵形，長約2公分，徑約1公分，每一果鱗內有種子1至2枚，種子具有薄翅，呈長橢圓形，首尾兩端陷入。[6] ‧台灣杉為常綠喬木，樹形多數呈三角形，樹皮紅褐色或近似紅褐色，有龜甲狀深裂。木材軟身，但是耐用和散發香味，過去有很高的需求，主要用於寺廟建築和棺材。樹的稀有與其緩慢的生長速度意味著合法的供應非常稀少
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N24 57.871 E121 32.425
Taiwania , with the single living species Taiwania cryptomerioides, is a large coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae.The genus was formerly placed in the segregate family Taxodiaceae, it is now included in the monotypic subfamily Taiwanioideae of the family Cupressaceae. It is native to eastern Asia, growing in the mountains of central Taiwan, and locally in southwest China (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet) and adjoining Myanmar, and northern Vietnam.[2][3] It is endangered by illegal logging for its valuable wood in many areas. It is very likely that the range was more extensive in the past before extensive felling for the wood.[1] The populations in mainland Asia were treated as a distinct species Taiwania flousiana by some botanists, but the cited differences between these and the Taiwanese population are not consistent when a number of specimens from each area are compared. It is one of the largest tree species in Asia, reported to heights of up to 90 m (300 ft) tall and with a trunk up to 4 m (13 ft) diameter above buttressed base.[4] The leaves are needle-like or awl-like and 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) long on young trees up to about 100 years old, then gradually becoming more scale-like, 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) long, on mature trees. The cones are small, 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in) long, with about 15–30 thin, fragile scales, each scale with two seeds. The genus is named after the island of Taiwan, from where it first became known to the botanical community in 1910. The wood is soft, but durable and attractively spicy scented, and was in very high demand in the past, particularly for temple building and coffins. The rarity of the tree and its slow growth in plantations means legal supplies are now very scarce; the species has legal protection in China and Taiwan. Taiwania is also a journal that is published by National Taiwan University.
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