Cupressaceae
Sequoia

Sequoia sempervirens (D.Don) Endl.

First published in Syn. Conif.: 198 (1847)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Oregon to W. California. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is has environmental uses and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

California, Oregon

Introduced into:

Baleares, France, Great Britain, Italy

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 2: 533-1111. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & M. Celis (eds.). 2019. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2000 Brewer, W.H. [914] K000088899 No
Feb 1, 2000 Eastwood, A. [s.n.] K000088896 No
Feb 1, 2000 Tracy, J.P. [14764] United States K000088903 Yes
Feb 1, 2000 Rodin, R.J. [6496] K000088892 No
Feb 1, 2000 Hoover, R.F. [4756] K000088898 No
Feb 1, 2000 Lemmon, J.G. [s.n.] K000088908 No
Feb 1, 2000 Stauffer, H.U.; Molseed, E. [5940] K000088910 No
Feb 1, 2000 Rose, L.S. [325] K000088894 No
Feb 1, 2000 Tracy, J.P. [15231] K000088904 No
Feb 1, 2000 Rodin, R.J. [6987] K000088891 No
Feb 1, 2000 Rodin, R.J. [6988] K000088890 No
Feb 1, 2000 Eastwood, A. [s.n.] K000088897 No
Feb 1, 2000 Ball, J. [s.n.] K000088906 No
Feb 1, 2000 Rodin, R.J. [8422] K000088893 No
Feb 1, 2000 Eastwood, A. [s.n.] K000088902 No
Feb 1, 2000 Hartweg, C.T. [1974] K000088905 No
Feb 1, 2000 Douglas, D. [s.n.] K000088911 No
Feb 1, 2000 Baker, C.F. [319] K000088907 No
Feb 1, 2000 Eastwood, A. [s.n.] K000088901 No
Feb 1, 2000 Keck, D.D. [1368] K000088909 No
Feb 1, 2000 Hooker, J.D.; Gray, A. [s.n.] K000088912 No
Feb 1, 2000 Eastwood, A. [s.n.] K000088895 No
Feb 1, 2000 Brewer, W.H. [1480] K000088900 No
K:SPC-73844.000 No
K:SPC-73842.000 No
K:SPC-73845.000 No
K:SPC-73843.000 No

Sources

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    • EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0