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Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J.T.Buchholz

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Farjon, A. In: A Handbook of the World’s Conifers. Vol. 1 & 2. E. J. Brill, Leiden & Boston. 1112 pp. (2010).

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Pinopsida
order
Pinales
family
Cupressaceae
genus
Sequoiadendron
species
Sequoiadendron giganteum

Name

Synonyms
Americus gigantea (Lindl.) Hanford
Gigantabies wellingtoniana J.Nelson
Sequoia gigantea (Lindl.) Decne.
Sequoia gigantea (Lindl.) Torr.
Sequoia gigantea (Lindl.) Torr. ex A.Gray, 1854
Sequoia gigantea Endl.
Sequoia gigantea f. pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Beissn.
Sequoia gigantea subsp. barronii-pendula A.Henry
Sequoia gigantea var. pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Lavallée
Sequoia washingtonia Sudw.
Sequoia washingtoniana (Winslow) Sudw.
Sequoia wellingtonia Seem.
Sequoia wellingtonia subsp. pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Sudw.
Sequoia wellingtonia var. pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) A.H.Kent
Sequoia wellingtonia var. pendula (Carrière) M.L.Green, 1938
Sequoiadendron giganteum f. pendulum (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Rehder
Steinhauera gigantea (Lindl.) Kuntze
Steinhauera gigantea (Lindl.) Kuntze ex Voss
Taxodium giganteum (Lindl.) Kellogg & Behr
Taxodium washingtonianum Winslow
Homonyms
Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J.T.Buchholz
Common names
Mammuttræ in Danish
Riesen-Mammutbaum in German
Sierra redwood in English
Sierra redwood in English
Séquoia géant in French
Séquoiadendron géant, Séquoia géant in French
Wellingtonia in English
Wellingtonia in English
big-tree in English
bigtree in English
giant redwood in English
giant redwood in English
giant sequoia in English
giant sequoia in English
giant-sequoia in English
giant-sequoia in English
ju shan in language.
mammutträd in Swedish
sequoia gigante in Italian
sequóia in Portuguese
séquoia géant in French
wellingtonia in English
Giant Sequoia in English
Mammoetboom in Dutch
Wellingtonia in English
mammuttre in Nynorsk, Norwegian
mammuttre in Norwegian Bokmål
Bigtree in English
Cochwydden Sierra in Welsh
Sequoia in English
Sierra Redwood in English
Welingtonia in Welsh
Welingtoniâu in Welsh

Bibliographic References

  1. Buchholz JT (1939) The Generic Segregation of the Sequoias. American Journal of Botany 26(7): 535. doi: 10.2307/2436578.
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