Sequoiadendron giganteum

Sequoia National Park, California

Strobilus; Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

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

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Wellingtonia gigantea Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1852: 823 (1853).
• Homotypic
  • Americus gigantea (Lindl.) Hanford, Great Calif. Tree: 6 (1854).
  • Sequoia gigantea (Lindl.) Decne., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 1: 70 (1854), nom. illeg.
  • Taxodium washingtonianum C.Winslow, Calif. Farmer & J. Useful Sci. 2: 58 (1854), nom. superfl.
  • Washingtonia californica C.Winslow, Calif. Farmer & J. Useful Sci. 2: 58 (1854), nom. superfl.
  • Sequoia wellingtonia Seem., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 27 (1855).
  • Gigantabies wellingtoniana (Seem.) J.Nelson, Pinaceae: 79 (1866), nom. superfl.
  • Washingtonia gigantea (Lindl.) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 217 (1867).
  • Taxodium giganteum (Lindl.) Kellogg & Behr, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ed. 2, 1: 51 (1873).
  • Sequoia washingtoniana Sudw., Bull. Div. Forest. U.S.D.A. 14: 61 (1897), nom. superfl.
  • Steinhauera gigantea (Lindl.) Kuntze ex Voss, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 90 (1907).
• Heterotypic
  • Washingtonia americana Gordon, Pinetum, Suppl.: 106 (1862).
  • Wellingtonia gigantea pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Ed.Otto, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 27: 573 (1871).
  • Wellingtonia pendula Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 43: 526 (1871).
  • Sequoia gigantea var. pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Lavallée, Énum. Arbres: 271 (1877).
  • Wellingtonia gigantea pendula-vera Barron, J. Forest. Estates Managem. 3: 260 (1879).
  • Wellingtonia californica Sarg., Rep. For. N. Amer.: 184 (1884).
  • Wellingtonia gigantea var. pendula Carrière, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 61: 545 (1889).
  • Sequoia gigantea f. pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 165 (1891).
  • Sequoia wellingtonia pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Sudw., Bull. Div. Forest. U.S.D.A. 14: 62 (1897).
  • Sequoia wellingtonia var. pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Conif., new ed.: 275 (1900).
  • Sequoia gigantea barronii-pendula A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 3: 701 (1908), nom. superfl.
  • Sequoiadendron giganteum f. pendulum (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 409 (1939).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California (Sierra Nevada). 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. 

Additional references

• Farjon, A. 2001. World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. 2. ed., 309 pp. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-025-0 Reference page. 
• Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. 2 vols., pp. 1–526 + 527–1111, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, Boston. ISBN 978-90-04-17718-5. Reference page. 

Links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sequoiadendron giganteum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

• Schmid, R. & Farjon, A. 2013. Sequoiadendron giganteum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. IUCN Red List Category: Endangered . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T34023A2840676.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Sequoiadendron giganteum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 April 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Sequoiadendron giganteum. Published online. Accessed: 30 April 2020.

Vernacular names

aragonés: Sequoya chiganta
العربية: سكويا عملاقة
беларуская: Секвоядэндран
български: Гигантска секвоя
català: Sequoia vermella
čeština: Sekvojovec obrovský
dansk: Mammuttræ
Deutsch: Riesenmammutbaum
Ελληνικά: Σεκοϊάδενδρο το γιγαντιαίο
English: Giant Sequoia
Esperanto: Sekvojadendro
español: Secuoya gigante
eesti: Mammutipuu
euskara: Sekuoia erraldoi
فارسی: درخت غول
suomi: Mammuttipetäjä
français: Séquoia géant
עברית: סקוויה ענקית
magyar: Óriás mamutfenyő, hegyi mamutfenyő
italiano: Sequoia gigante
日本語: セコイアデンドロン
한국어: 세쿼이아덴드론
lietuvių: Didysis mamutmedis
македонски: Џиновска секвоја
Nederlands: Mammoetboom
norsk: Mammuttre
polski: Mamutowiec olbrzymi
português: Sequoia-gigante
русский: Секвойядендрон
slovenčina: Sekvojovec mamutí
slovenščina: Mamutovec
svenska: Mammutträd
Türkçe: Mamut ağacı
українська: Секвоядендрон
West-Vlams: Mammoetbôom
中文: 世界爺

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