PLANTS Profile for Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood)

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Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W.C. Cheng
dawn redwood

Symbol:

MEGL8

Group:

Gymnosperm

Family:

Cupressaceae

Duration:

None

Not in PFA

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Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W.C. Cheng

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Related Taxa:
Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W.C. Cheng

View 17 genera in Cupressaceae, 1 species in Metasequoia

Classification:
Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W.C. Cheng

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Coniferophyta – Conifers
Class	Pinopsida
Order	Pinales
Family	Cupressaceae – Cypress family
Genus	Metasequoia Miki ex Hu & W.C. Cheng – dawn redwood
Species	Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W.C. Cheng – dawn redwood

More Accounts and Images:
Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W.C. Cheng

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505864.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 09/23/2008 09:51 AM MDT