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World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP)



Wellingtonia gigantea pendula (Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière) Ed.Otto, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 27: 573 (1871).

This name is a synonym.

Accepted Name: Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J.Buchholz, Amer. J. Bot. 26: 536 (1939).
Family: Cupressaceae
Homotypic Names:

* Wellingtonia pendula Briolay-Goiffon ex Carrière, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 43: 526 (1871).

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 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).


* Basionym/Replaced Synonym
Original Compiler: R.Govaerts