familyCupressaceae
genusSequoiadendron
Show Lower Taxa
Difference between revisions of "Sequoiadendron"
Amer. J. Bot. 26: 536. 1939.
Etymology: Sequoia, generic name of coast redwood, and Greek dendros, tree
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
FNA>Volume Importer |
FNA>Volume Importer |
||
| Line 42: | Line 42: | ||
|publication year=1939 | |publication year=1939 | ||
|special status= | |special status= | ||
| − | |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/ | + | |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V2/V2_83.xml |
|genus=Sequoiadendron | |genus=Sequoiadendron | ||
}}<!-- | }}<!-- | ||
-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cupressaceae]] | -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Cupressaceae]] | ||
Revision as of 18:58, 24 September 2019
Trees giant, evergreen. Branchlets terete. Leaves alternate, radiating. Adult leaves mostly needlelike, triangular in cross section, somewhat divergent to strongly appressed; abaxial glands absent. Pollen cones with 12–20 sporophylls, each sporophyll with 2–5 pollen sacs. Seed cones maturing and opening in 2 years, persistent to 20 years, oblong; scales persistent, 25–45, valvate, ± peltate, thick and woody. Seeds 3–9 per scale, lenticular, subequally 2-winged; cotyledons (3–)4(–6). x = 11.
Distribution
Only in the flora.
Discussion
Species 1.
Selected References
None.