Sequoiadendron

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Sequoioideae
Genus:
Species: S. giganteum

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

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).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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.

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