Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W.C.Cheng (1948:154)
Dawn redwood, Water fir, Water larch, 水杉 shui shan [Chinese] (Earle, 2023), メタセコイア [Japanese] (Earle, 2023)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s (following POWO, 2023): Sequoia glyptostroboides (Hu & W.C.Cheng) Weide in Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 66: 185 (1962); Metasequoia glyptostroboides var. caespitosa Y.H.Long & Y.Wu in Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(1): 149 (1984); Metasequoia glyptostroboides subsp. caespitosa (Y.H.Long & Y.Wu) Silba in J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17: 25 (2010); Metasequoia honshuenensis Silba & Callahan in J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 7: 2 (2000); Metasequoia neopangaea Silba in J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 9: 9 (2002); Metasequoia glyptostroboides subsp. neopangaea (Silba) Silba in J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 17: 25 (2010)
Conservation Status
Last record for the genus: fossil (Miki, 1941)
Rediscovered in: 1941 (initial observation); 1946 (recognition) (Hu, 1948)
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
south-western Hubei province, north-western Hunan province & eastern Sichuan province, China (Earle, 2023)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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