Taiwania cryptomerioides

Taiwania cryptomerioides var. cryptomerioides, Nantou County, Taiwan

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Taiwanioideae
Genus: Taiwania
Species: Taiwania cryptomerioides
Varietates: T. c. var. flousiana

Name

Taiwania cryptomerioides Hayata, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 330 (1906)
Note: The variety Taiwania cryptomerioides var. flousiana is now accepted as a synonym of Taiwania cryptomerioides (Chou et al. 2011 & Govaerts et al., 2017)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Taiwania flousiana Gaussen, Trav. Lab. Forest. Toulouse 1(3)11: 6 (1939)
  • Eotaiwania fushunensis Y.Yendo, Bull. Centr. Natl. Mus. Manchoukou 3: 37 (1942)
  • Taiwania fushunensis (Y.Yendo) Koidz., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 228 (1942)
  • Taiwania yunnanensis Koidz., Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 11: 138 (1942)
  • Taiwania cryptomerioides var. flousiana (Gaussen) Silba, Phytologia Mem. 7: 72 (1984)

References

• Hayata, B. 1906. On Taiwania, a new genus of Coniferae from the island of Formosa. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 37 (260): 330–331, plate 16. Reference page.  [See p. 330; original description]
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Taiwania cryptomerioides in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Feb. 11. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Taiwania cryptomerioides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
• Chou, Yen-Wei, Thomas, P.I., Ge, Xue-Jun, LePage, B.A., & Wang, Chun-Neng 2011. Refugia and phylogeography of Taiwania in East Asia. Journal of Biogeography 38: 1992–2005.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Taiwanien
English: Coffin Tree
перем коми: Тайвания
коми: Тайвания
кырык мары: Тайвани
polski: Tajwania kryptomeriopodobna
русский: Тайвания
удмурт: Тайвания
Tiếng Việt: Bách Đài Loan
Bân-lâm-gú: Tâi-oân-sam
中文: 台灣杉

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