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Metasequoia (dawn redwood)
Taxonomy
Metasequoia was named by Miki (1941). It is extant. Its type is Metasequoia glyptostroboides.
It was assigned to Taxodiaceae by Ozaki (1974), Christophel (1976), Hickey (1977), McIver and Basinger (1993) and Liu et al. (1996); and to Sequoioideae by Ahuja and Neale (2002).
It was assigned to Taxodiaceae by Ozaki (1974), Christophel (1976), Hickey (1977), McIver and Basinger (1993) and Liu et al. (1996); and to Sequoioideae by Ahuja and Neale (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1941 | Metasequoia Miki |
1974 | Metasequoia Ozaki |
1976 | Metasequoia Christophel |
1977 | Metasequoia Hickey |
1993 | Metasequoia McIver and Basinger |
1996 | Metasequoia Liu et al. |
2002 | Metasequoia Ahuja and Neale p. 93 figs. Table 1 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Metasequoia Miki 1941 [dawn redwood]
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†Metasequoia disticha Miki 1941
Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu and Cheng 1948 [dawn redwood]
†Metasequoia occidentalis Newberry 1863
†Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available