Sequoiadendron

Sequoiadendron giganteum, Kings Canyon NP, California, USA

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Sequoioideae
Genus: Sequoiadendron
Species: S. giganteum

Name

Sequoiadendron J.Buchholz, Amer. J. Bot. 26: 536. (1939).

Type species: Wellingtonia gigantea Lindl.

Synonyms

Replaced synonym
- Wellingtonia Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1852: 823 (1853), nom. illeg. non Wellingtonia Meisn., Pl. Vasc. Gen. 2: 207 (1840).
Homotypic
- Condylocarpus Salisb. ex Lamb., Descr. Pinus, ed. 3, 1: 120 (1832), non Condylocarpus Hoffm., Gen. Umb., ed. 2: 202. (1816).
- Gigantabies J.Nelson, Pinaceae: 77 (1866), nom. nud.
- Steinhauera C.Presl, Fl. Vorwelt 2: 202 (1838)
- Americus Hanford, Great Calif. Tree: 6 (1854), nom. utique rej.
- Washingtonia Winslow, Calif. Farmer & J. Useful Sci. 2: 58 (1854), nom. rej. non Washingtonia H.Wendl., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 37: 68. (1879).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Buchholz, J.T. 1939. The Generic Segregation of the Sequoias. American Journal of Botany 26(7): 535–538. DOI: 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1939.tb09314.x JSTOR Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Sequoiadendron in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Feb. 23. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Sequoiadendron. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 23 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Sequoiadendron. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Feb. 2017.

Vernacular names

العربية: سكوية ضخمة
беларуская: Секвоядэндран
dansk: Mammuttræ
Deutsch: Riesenmammutbäume
Ελληνικά: Σεκοϊάδενδρο
English: Giant Sequoia
Esperanto: Sekvojadendro
فارسی: درخت غول
français: Séquoia géant
հայերեն: Սեքվոյադենդրոն
перем коми: Секвойядендрон
коми: Секвойядендрон
кырык мары: Секвойядендрон
Nederlands: Mammoetboom
norsk: Mammuttre
русский: Секвойядендрон
svenska: Mammutträd
українська: Секвоядендрон

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