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Sequoiadendron

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Order
  
Pinales

Subfamily
  
Sequoioideae

Higher classification
  
Redwoods

Division
  
Pinophyta

Family
  
Cupressaceae

Scientific name
  
Sequoiadendron

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Giant sequoia, Conifers, Sequoia, Cypress, Athrotaxis

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Sequoiadendron is a genus of evergreen trees, with two species, only one of which survives to the present:

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  • 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, found mostly in the Nevada part of the Tertiary Colorado Plateau until the late Miocene

    • Giant redwood sequoiadendron giganteum


    Fossil record

    Sequoiadendron pollen have been recovered from strata of early Pliocene until Günz glaciation of the Pleistocene in Western Georgia in the Caucasus region.

    References

    Sequoiadendron Wikipedia
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