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Trees in Sequoia National Park

Sequoiadendron chaneyi foliage fossil, Nevada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Cupressaceae
Subfamily:	Sequoioideae
Genus:	*Sequoiadendron* J.Buchholz
Species
Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J.Buchholz † Sequoiadendron chaneyi
Synonyms
Steinhauera C.Presl Wellingtonia Lindl. 1853, illegitimate homonym, not Meisn. 1840 (Sabiaceae) Americus Hanford, rejected name Washingtonia Winslow 1854, rejected name, not H. Wendl. 1879 (Arecaceae) not Raf. ex J.M. Coult. & Rose 1900 (Apiaceae)

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

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

Fossil record

Sequoiadendron fossil pollen and macrofossils may have been found as early as the Cretaceous and throughout the Northern Hemisphere, including locations in western Georgia in the Caucasus region.

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Sequoiadendron chaneyi foliage fossil, Nevada

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