Scientific or common name:

Sequoia wellingtonia Seem.

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CUPRESSACEAE - Cypress family (Gymnosperms - Conifers)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Sequoia wellingtonia Seem.
Nomencl. ref.: Bonplandia 3: 27. 1855 ; 6: 343 (1858)
Rank: species
See: ► Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J. Buchholz

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Common names

U.S. name: Giant sequoia

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Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J. Buchholz
= Sequoia gigantea (Lindl.) Decne.

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Coniferophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Pinales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Sequoia
Species:

1) Sequoia gigantea (Lindl.) Decne. 2) Sequoia sempervirens (Lamb. ex D. Don) Endl. 3) Sequoia wellingtonia Seem.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (CA)


Map for Sequoia wellingtonia Seem.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Pinopsida

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Families
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1) Araucariaceae (Araucaria family) 2) Cephalotaxaceae (Plum Yew family) 3) Cupressaceae (Cypress family) 4) Pinaceae (Pine family) 5) Podocarpaceae (Podocarpus family) 6) Taxaceae (Yew family)

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Genera (Cupressaceae)
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1) Austrocedrus (Chilean cedar) 2) Biota (platycladus) 3) Callitris (cypress-pine) 4) Calocedrus (incense cedar) 5) Chamaecyparis (cedar) 6) Cryptomeria (Japanese cedar) 7) Cunninghamia 8) Cupressus (cypress) 9) Fitzroya 10) Heyderia (incense cedar) 11) Juniperus (juniper) 12) Libocedrus (incense cedar) 13) Metasequoia (dawn redwood) 14) Platycladus 15) Sabina (juniper) 16) Sequoia (redwood) 17) Sequoiadendron (giant sequoia) 18) Taxodium (bald cypress) 19) Tetraclinis 20) Thuja (arborvitae) 21) Cupressocyparis

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Common names (Sequoia)
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1) Giant sequoia (Sequoia gigantea) 2) Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

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More species:
1) Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J. Buchholz [1046]
2) Serapias atrorubens O. Hoffm. [226]
3) Serapias helleborine L. [254]
4) Serenoa serrulata (Michx.) G. Nicholson [213]
5) Sericocarpus asteroides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. [293]
6) Sericocarpus oregonensis Nutt. ssp. californicus (Durand) Ferris [193]
7) Seriphidium arbusculum (Nutt.) W.A. Weber [179]
8) Seriphidium novum (A. Nelson) W.A. Weber [176]
9) Seriphidium tridentatum (Nutt.) W.A. Weber ssp. vaseyanum (Rydb.) W.A. Weber [179]
10) Sesamum indicum L. [165]

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