Common name
English: Dawn Redwoods
German: Chinesisches Rotholz, Urweltmammutbaum
Mandarin: 水杉 (shui shan)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Pinophyta (22)
Class: Pinopsida (36)
Order: Pinales (35)
Family: Taxodiaceae (2)
Genus: Metasequoia (1)
Epithet: glyptostroboides Hu & W. C. Cheng (1)
Synonyms: Metasequoia honshuenensis Silba & Callahan, Metasequoia neopangaea Silba, Sequoia glyptostroboides (H. H. Hu & W. C. Cheng) Weide
glyptostroboides => reference to the genus Glyptostobus
honshuenensis => from Honshu, the largest island of Japan
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
External links
Check for Metasequoia glyptostroboides at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [604] Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Plants For A Future database
- [1544] Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Flora of China @ efloras.org