Metasequoia

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Sequoioideae
Genus: Metasequoia
Species: M. glyptostroboides
Paleospecies: †M. disticha – †M. foxii – †M. milleri – †M. occidentalis

Name

Metasequoia Hu & W.C.Cheng, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. (n.s.) 1(2): 154. (1948), nom. cons. against Metasequoia Miki, Jap. J. Bot. 11: 261. (1941)

• Type species: Metasequoia glyptostroboides H.H.Hu & W.C.Cheng

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Chongqing, Hubei), China Southeast (Hunan). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hu, H.H. & Cheng, W.-C. 1948. On the new family Metasequoiaceae and on Metasequoia glyptostroboides, a living species of the genus Metasequoia found in Szechuan and Hupeh. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, new series 1: 154–161. Yandex Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Metasequoia 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. Metasequoia. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 23 2017.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Metasequoia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Feb. 2017.

Vernacular names

čeština: Metasekvoje čínská
dansk: Vandgran
Deutsch: Urweltmammutbaum
Ελληνικά: Μετασεκόια
English: Dawn Redwood
suomi: Kiinanpunapuut

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