Sequoia

Endlicher

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.

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.