Sequoiadendron

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Sequoiadendron
Trees in Sequoia National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order:
Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Subfamily: Sequoioideae
Genus: Sequoiadendron
J.Buchholz
Type species
J.Buchholz
Species
Synonyms[1]
Sequoiadendron synonymy
  • Americus
    Hanford, rejected name
  • Steinhauera C.Presl 1838, not Goepp. 1835 (Altingiaceae)
  • Washingtonia Winslow 1854, rejected name, not H. Wendl. 1879 (Arecaceae) not Raf. ex J.M. Coult. & Rose 1900 (Apiaceae)
  • Wellingtonia Lindl. 1853, illegitimate homonym, not Meisn. 1840 (Sabiaceae)

Sequoiadendron is a genus of evergreen trees, with two species, only one of which survives to the present:[1]

Fossil record

Sequoiadendron chaneyi foliage fossil, Nevada, United States

Sequoiadendron fossil pollen and macrofossils may have been found as early as the Cretaceous[5] and throughout the Northern Hemisphere,[6] including locations in western Georgia in the Caucasus region.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
  2. ^ "Wellingtonia – Sequoiadendron giganteum". NatureSpot. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  3. ^ "2013 county distribution map". Biota of North America.
  4. JSTOR 2405942
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  5. S2CID 129990538
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  6. JSTOR 1005641
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  7. ISBN 978-9941-9105-3-1
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