familyCupressaceae
genusSequoia
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Syn. Conif. 197. 1847.
Etymology: For Sequoyah, also known as George Guess, inventor and publisher of the Cherokee alphabet
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
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Latest revision as of 21:22, 5 November 2020
Trees giant, evergreen. Branchlets terete, with obvious annual growth constrictions. Leaves alternate, mostly in 2 ranks. Adult leaves linear or linear-lanceolate to deltate, generally flattened, divergent to strongly appressed; abaxial glands absent. Pollen cones with 6–12 sporophylls, each sporophyll with 2–6 pollen sacs. Seed cones maturing and opening in 1 season, oblong to globose; scales persistent, 15–30, valvate, ± peltate, thick and woody. Seeds 2–7 per scale, lenticular, narrowly 2-winged; cotyledons 2(–4). x = 11.
Distribution
Only in the flora.
Discussion
Species 1.