Sequoiadendron giganteum

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Sequoia National Park, California
Strobilus; Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Pinales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pinophyta
Classis: Pinopsida
Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Sequoioideae
Genus: Sequoiadendron
Species: Sequoiadendron giganteum

Name

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Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J.Buchholz, Amer. J. Bot. 26: 536 (1939).

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Wellingtonia gigantea Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1852: 823 (1853).
  • Homotypic
    • Americus gigantea (Lindl.) Hanford, Great Calif. Tree: 6 (1854).
    • Sequoia gigantea (Lindl.) Decne., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 1: 70 (1854), nom. illeg.
    • Taxodium washingtonianum C.Winslow, Calif. Farmer & J. Useful Sci. 2: 58 (1854), nom. superfl.
    • Washingtonia californica C.Winslow, Calif. Farmer & J. Useful Sci. 2: 58 (1854), nom. superfl.
    • Sequoia wellingtonia Seem., Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 27 (1855).
    • Gigantabies wellingtoniana (Seem.) J.Nelson, Pinaceae: 79 (1866), nom. superfl.
    • Washingtonia gigantea (Lindl.) Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 217 (1867).
    • Taxodium giganteum (Lindl.) Kellogg & Behr, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ed. 2, 1: 51 (1873).
    • Sequoia washingtoniana Sudw., Bull. Div. Forest. U.S.D.A. 14: 61 (1897), nom. superfl.
    • Steinhauera gigantea (Lindl.) Kuntze ex Voss, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 90 (1907).
  • Heterotypic
    • Washingtonia americana Gordon, Pinetum, Suppl.: 106 (1862).
    • Wellingtonia gigantea pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Ed.Otto, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 27: 573 (1871).
    • Wellingtonia pendula Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 43: 526 (1871).
    • Sequoia gigantea var. pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Lavallée, Énum. Arbres: 271 (1877).
    • Wellingtonia gigantea pendula-vera Barron, J. Forest. Estates Managem. 3: 260 (1879).
    • Wellingtonia californica Sarg., Rep. For. N. Amer.: 184 (1884).
    • Wellingtonia gigantea var. pendula Carrière, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 61: 545 (1889).
    • Sequoia gigantea f. pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Beissn., Handb. Nadelholzk.: 165 (1891).
    • Sequoia wellingtonia pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Sudw., Bull. Div. Forest. U.S.D.A. 14: 62 (1897).
    • Sequoia wellingtonia var. pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Conif., new ed.: 275 (1900).
    • Sequoia gigantea barronii-pendula A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 3: 701 (1908), nom. superfl.
    • Sequoiadendron giganteum f. pendulum (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 409 (1939).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California (Sierra Nevada).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names

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aragonés: Sequoya chiganta
العربية: سكويا عملاقة
беларуская: Секвоядэндран
български: Гигантска секвоя
català: Sequoia vermella
čeština: Sekvojovec obrovský
dansk: Mammuttræ
Deutsch: Riesenmammutbaum
Ελληνικά: Σεκοϊάδενδρο το γιγαντιαίο
English: Giant Sequoia
Esperanto: Sekvojadendro
español: Secuoya gigante
eesti: Mammutipuu
euskara: Sekuoia erraldoi
فارسی: درخت غول
suomi: Mammuttipetäjä
français: Séquoia géant
עברית: סקוויה ענקית
magyar: Óriás mamutfenyő, hegyi mamutfenyő
italiano: Sequoia gigante
日本語: セコイアデンドロン
한국어: 세쿼이아덴드론
lietuvių: Didysis mamutmedis
македонски: Џиновска секвоја
Nederlands: Mammoetboom
norsk: Mammuttre
polski: Mamutowiec olbrzymi
português: Sequoia-gigante
русский: Секвойядендрон
slovenčina: Sekvojovec mamutí
slovenščina: Mamutovec
svenska: Mammutträd
Türkçe: Mamut ağacı
українська: Секвоядендрон
West-Vlams: Mammoetbôom
中文: 世界爺
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