Sequoiadendron
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| Sequoiadendron | |
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| The General Grant tree in Kings Canyon National Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Cupressaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sequoioideae |
| Genus: | Sequoiadendron |
Sequoiadendron is a genus of evergreen trees, with two species:
- Sequoiadendron giganteum, extant, commonly known as the "giant sequoia", growing naturally in the Sierra Nevada of California
- Sequoiadendron chaneyi, extinct, the predecessor of Sequoiadendron giganteum, growing mostly in the in the Nevada part of the Tertiary Colorado Plateau until the late Miocene.[1]
See also
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Media related to Sequoiadendron at Wikimedia Commons -
Data related to Sequoiadendron at Wikispecies
References
- ↑ Daniel L. Axelrod, 1959. Late Cenozoic evolution of the Sierran Bigtree forest. Evolution 13(1): 9–23.
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