Widdringtonia

Widdringtonia nodiflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Callitroideae
Genus: Widdringtonia
Species: W. nodiflora – W. schwarzii – W. wallichii – W. whytei

Name

Widdringtonia Endl., Gen. Pl., Suppl. 2: 25 (1842).

• Type species: Widdringtonia cupressoides (L.) Endl., Gen. Pl., Suppl. 2: 25 (1842) (= Widdringtonia nodiflora (L.) E.Powrie, J. S. African Bot. 38: 303 (1972).)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pachylepis Brongn., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 30: 189 (1833), nom. illeg. (non Lessing, 1832)
• Homotypic
  • Parolinia Endl., Gen. Pl., Suppl. 1: 1372 (1841), nom. illeg. (non Webb, 1840)

References

Primary references

• Endlicher, S.L. 1842. Genera Plantarum (Endlicher) 2: 25.

Additional references

• Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. 2 vols., pp. 1–526 + 527–1111, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, Boston. ISBN 978-90-04-17718-5. Reference page.  (2: 264)

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Widdringtonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Dec. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Widdringtonia. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 11 2016.

Vernacular names

English: African cypress
Esperanto: Vidringtonio

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