Metasequoia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cupressales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Subclassis: Cupressidae Ordo: Cupressales

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, 2^nd 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. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2017. Metasequoia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Feb. 2017. Reference page.

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Vernacular names

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