Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J.Buchholz [Cupressaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sequoia gigantea (Lindl.) Decne. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 1: 70 (1854), nom. illeg.
Americus gigantea (Lindl.) Hanford Great Calif. Tree: 6 (1854).
Gigantabies wellingtoniana (Seem.) J.Nelson Pinaceae: 79 (1866), nom. superfl.
Sequoia gigantea barronii-pendula A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 3: 701 (1908), nom. superfl.
Sequoia gigantea var. pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 271 (1877).
Sequoia gigantea f. pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Beissn. Handb. Nadelholzk.: 165 (1891).
Sequoia washingtoniana Sudw. Bull. Div. Forest. U.S.D.A. 14: 61 (1897), nom. superfl.
Sequoia wellingtonia Seem. Bonplandia (Hannover) 3: 27 (1855).
Sequoia wellingtonia pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Sudw. Bull. Div. Forest. U.S.D.A. 14: 62 (1897).
Sequoia wellingtonia var. pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Conif., new ed.: 275 (1900).
Sequoiadendron giganteum f. pendulum (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 409 (1939).
Steinhauera gigantea (Lindl.) Kuntze ex Voss Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 90 (1907).
Taxodium giganteum (Lindl.) Kellogg & Behr Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ed. 2, 1: 51 (1873).
Taxodium washingtonianum C.Winslow Calif. Farmer & J. Useful Sci. 2: 58 (1854), nom. superfl.
Washingtonia americana Gordon Pinetum, Suppl.: 106 (1862).
Washingtonia californica C.Winslow Calif. Farmer & J. Useful Sci. 2: 58 (1854), nom. superfl.
Washingtonia gigantea (Lindl.) Carrière Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 217 (1867).
Wellingtonia californica Sarg. Rep. For. N. Amer.: 184 (1884).
Wellingtonia gigantea Lindl. Gard. Chron. 1852: 823 (1853).
Wellingtonia gigantea var. pendula Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 61: 545 (1889).
Wellingtonia gigantea pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Ed.Otto Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 27: 573 (1871).
Wellingtonia gigantea pendula-vera Barron J. Forest. Estates Managem. 3: 260 (1879).
Wellingtonia pendula Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 43: 526 (1871).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sequoia gigantea (Lindley) Decaisne	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Sequoiadendron giganteum	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J.Buchholz	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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