Taxon:  Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W. C. Cheng



Summary
Genus:
Metasequoia
Family:
Cupressaceae
Nomen number:
24198
Place of publication:
Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. ser. 2, 1:154.  1948
Verified:
11/01/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  3. Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 114-117
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: mentions
  5. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 2000. International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code) Art. 11.7, Ex. 29.
  6. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  7. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
  8. Krüssmann, G. 1985. Manual of cultivated conifers (English translation of Die Nadelgeholze, ed. 2. 1983)
  9. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  10. Ma, J. S. et al. 2005. A review of the typification of Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Taxodiaceae). Taxon 54:475-476.
  11. Ma, J.-S. 2007. A worldwide survey of cultivated Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & Cheng (Taxodiaceae: Cupressaceae) from 1947 to 2007. Bull. Peabody Mus. Nat. Hist. 48:235-253.
  12. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  14. Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
  15. Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley. Note: introduced
  16. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English dawn redwood 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Swedish kinesisk sekvoja 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese shui shan 2 Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan Sheng 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Krüssmann, G. 1985. Manual of cultivated conifers (English translation of Die Nadelgeholze, ed. 2. 1983)
Environmentalornamental Farjon, A. 2005. A monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys 114-117
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24198. Accessed 13 June 2025.