Jepson Flora Project: Jepson Interchange for California Floristics    
Sequoia
CUPRESSACEAE (genus previously included in Taxodiaceae)
Initial Editorial Analysis Nov 1 2001
Source of Report for California added automatically from The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 7 Jul 2004 Interchange Feedback from John Lockhart see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates that, according to Asa Gray, no one has ever found, in the writings of Endlicher (author of the genus name Sequoia), any mention of Sequoyah, the Cherokee chief for whom the genus Sequoia is often said to have been named (in Cherokee, "sequoyah" means "opossum"). Rather, Gray believed that the stem of the word was a derivation from the Latin "sequi" or "sequor," meaning "sequence" or "following," in reference to the fact that redwoods were remnants or followers of numerous fossil ancestors.
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Current Status JFP-15, genus name
Current Status Authority not applicable
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List of ICPN names in Sequoia
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