Sequoia sempervirens

species of plant in the monotypic genus Sequoia in the cypress family (Cupressaceae)
Taxon taxon Q150129
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Summary

Sequoia sempervirens is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.3% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,552 views/month, #577 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Endangered status[4]
  • Parent taxon: Sequoia[5]
  • Taxon name: Sequoia sempervirens[6]
  • Has use: afforestation[7]
  • Commons category: Sequoia sempervirens[8]
  • Has basionym: Taxodium sempervirens[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sequoia sempervirens[10]
  • Commons gallery: Sequoia sempervirens[11]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], The Encyclopedia Americana[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=33710[16]
  • This taxon is source of: redwood[17], vavona[18]
  • Short name: S. sempervirens[19]
  • Taxon common name: Coast Redwood[20], cochwydden Califfornia[21], Kystenmaamutbaam[22], Гигантска секвоя[23], sekvoj vždyzelená[24], Rødtræ[25], Küstenmammutbaum[26], Pśimórski mamutowy bom[27], Σεκόια η αειθαλής[28], Secuoya[29], Ranniksekvoia[30], Punapuu[31], Séquoia à feuilles d'if[32], סקוויה נאה[33]

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Identifiers

Sequoia sempervirens's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 28980[34]. Sequoia sempervirens's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1034849[35]. Sequoia sempervirens's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2683909[36]. Sequoia sempervirens's ITIS TSN is recorded as 183435[37].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Sequoia sempervirens include Redwood City[38], a city of California[39], in United States[40] and Redwood National and State Parks[41], a group of protected areas[42], in United States[43], founded in 1968[44].

Why It Matters

Sequoia sempervirens has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Entities named for it include Redwood City[38], a city of California[39], in United States[40] and Redwood National and State Parks[41], a group of protected areas[42], in United States[43], founded in 1968[44].

References

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → sequoia-sempervirens
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Fujian
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    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
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