Sequoiadendron
Sequoiadendron is a genus of evergreen trees, with two species, only one of which survives to the present:
- Sequoiadendron giganteum, extant, commonly known as wellingtonia, giant redwood and giant sequoia, growing naturally in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California
- † Sequoiadendron chaneyi, extinct, the predecessor of Sequoiadendron giganteum, found mostly in the Nevada part of the Tertiary Colorado Plateau until the late Miocene
| Sequoiadendron | |
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| Trees in Sequoia National Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Cupressales |
| Family: | Cupressaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sequoioideae |
| Genus: | Sequoiadendron J.Buchholz |
| Type species | |
| Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindley) J.Buchholz | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Sequoiadendron synonymy
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