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: 93–101. (1939) nom. cons. prop.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • 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)
  • Wellingtonia Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1852: 823 (1853), nom. superfl.
  • 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)

References

• Buchholz, J.T. 1939. American Journal of Botany 26: 536.
• 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.
• 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: Riesenmammutbaum
English: Giant Redwood, Giant Sequoia
français: Séquoia géant
Nederlands: Mammoetboom
norsk: Mammuttre