Sequoiadendron
Genus of conifers in the cypress family Cupressaceae
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Sequoiadendron is a genus of evergreen trees, with three species, only one of which survives to the present:[1]
- Sequoiadendron giganteum, extant, commonly known as wellingtonia, giant redwood and giant sequoia,[2] growing naturally in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California[3]
- † Sequoiadendron chaneyi, the predecessor of Sequoiadendron giganteum, found mostly in the Nevada area of the Tertiary Colorado Plateau until the late Miocene[4]
- †Sequoiadendron tchucoticum Late Cretaceous; Enmyvaam River Basin, Russia[5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Cupressales |
| Family: | Cupressaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sequoioideae |
| Genus: | Sequoiadendron J.Buchholz |
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| Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindley) J.Buchholz | |
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Sequoiadendron synonymy
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Fossil record
Sequoiadendron fossil pollen and macrofossils may have been found as early as the Late Cretaceous[5] and throughout the Northern Hemisphere,[6] including locations in western Georgia in the Caucasus region.[7]
