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Welwitschia mirabilis (Welwitschia)

Wikipedia Abstract

Welwitschia is a monotypic genus of gymnosperm plant, comprising solely the very distinct Welwitschia mirabilis. In English the plant commonly is known simply as Welwitschia. It has various common names in local languages, for example kharos or khurub in Nama, tweeblaarkanniedood in Afrikaans, nyanka in Damara, and onyanga in Herero. It is the only genus of the family Welwitschiaceae and order Welwitschiales, in the division Gnetophyta.
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Infraspecies

Welwitschia mirabilis subsp. mirabilis
Welwitschia mirabilis subsp. namibiana

Attributes

Structure [1]  Tree

Ecosystems

Emblem of

Namibia

Predators

Paracoccus mutabilis (mealybug)[2]
Pseudococcus calceolariae (citrophilus mealybug)[2]
Vryburgia rimariae[2]

Distribution

SW. Angola to WC. Namibia;

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Citations

Species recognized by Govaerts R., 10-May-2006, WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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