Sequoiadendron
Sequoiadendron | |
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The General Grant tree in Kings Canyon National Park | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Pinales |
Family: | Cupressaceae |
Subfamily: | Sequoioideae |
Genus: | Sequoiadendron J.Buchholz |
Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Sequoiadendron is a genus of evergreen trees, with two species, only one of which survives to the present:[1]
- Sequoiadendron giganteum, extant, commonly known as the "giant sequoia", growing naturally in the Sierra Nevada of California[2]
- † Sequoiadendron chaneyi, extinct, the predecessor of Sequoiadendron giganteum, found mostly in the Nevada part of the Tertiary Colorado Plateau until the late Miocene[3]
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Biota of North America 2013 county distribution map
- ↑ Daniel L. Axelrod, 1959. Late Cenozoic evolution of the Sierran Bigtree forest. Evolution 13(1): 9–23.
External links
- Media related to Sequoiadendron at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Sequoiadendron at Wikispecies
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