Sequoiadendron | |
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Trees in Sequoia National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Cupressales |
Family: | Cupressaceae |
Subfamily: | Sequoioideae |
Genus: | Sequoiadendron J.Buchholz |
Type species | |
Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindley) J.Buchholz
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Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Sequoiadendron synonymy
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Sequoiadendron is a genus of evergreen trees, with two species, only one of which survives to the present:[1]
Sequoiadendron fossil pollen and macrofossils may have been found as early as the Cretaceous[5] and throughout the Northern Hemisphere,[6] including locations in western Georgia in the Caucasus region.[7]