Sequoiadendron

Sequoiadendron giganteum

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: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria (cultivated). Regional: Southwestern Europe France (cultivated). Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd 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 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Feb. 23.

Vernacular names

dansk: Mammuttræ
Deutsch: Riesenmammutbäume
English: Giant Redwood, Giant Sequoia
français: Séquoia géant
Nederlands: Mammoetboom
norsk: Mammuttre