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THE Sequoias form the third genus of the Taxodieæ in the “Genera Plantarum.” The only existing species are the Wellingtonia and the Red-wood of California, both of which are confined to the south-west coast regions of the United States. Their nearest living allies are Taxodium and Glyptostrobus; but these were as completely differentiated in the Eocene as at present, and they all appear, like the Ginkgo, to Be survivals from more ancient floras; Sequoia especially had formerly a far wider range than it has at the present day.
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GARDNER, J. A Chapter in the History of the Coniferæ . Nature 23, 412–414 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023412b0
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