Widdringtonia nodiflora

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Callitroideae
Genus: Widdringtonia
Species: Widdringtonia nodiflora

Name

Widdringtonia nodiflora (L.) Powrie, J. S. African Bot. 38: 303 (1972)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Cupressus juniperoides L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 1422 (1763)
- Thuja cupressoides L., Mant. Pl.: 125 (1767)
- Cupressus africana Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 6 (1768)
- Thuja aphylla Burm.f., Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 27 (1768), nom. illeg.
- Juniperus capensis Lam., Encycl. 2: 626 (1788)
- Cupressus humilis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 398 (1796)
- Thuja quadrangularis Vent. in H.L.Duhamel du Monceau, Traité Arbr. Arbust. 3: 16 (1806)
- Schubertia capensis Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 890 (1826), nom. superfl.
- Pachylepis commersonii Brongn., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 30: 189 (1833)
- Pachylepis cupressoides (L.) Brongn., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 30: 189 (1833)
- Pachylepis juniperoides (L.) Brongn., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 30: 189 (1833)
- Taxodium juniperoides (L.) Rich. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 664 (1841)
- Widdringtonia cupressoides (L.) Endl., Gen. Pl., Suppl. 2: 25 (1842)
- Callitris cupressoides (L.) Schrad. ex E.Mey. in J.F.Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 126 (1843)
- Widdringtonia commersonii (Brongn.) Endl., Syn. Conif.: 34 (1847)
- Widdringtonia juniperoides (L.) Endl., Syn. Conif.: 32 (1847)
- Widdringtonia natalensis Endl., Syn. Conif.: 34 (1847)
- Widdringtonia wallichii Endl. Syn. Conif. 34. (1847) nom. nud.
- Callitris stricta Schrad. ex Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 66 (1855)
- Juniperus caesia Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif.: 55 (1855)
- Sabina caesia (Carrière) Antoine, Cupress.-Gatt.: 68 (1857)
- Callitris capensis Schrad. ex Gordon, Pinetum: 33 (1858)
- Widdringtonia caffra O.Berg, Bonplandia (Hannover) 8: 190 (1860)
- Parolinia juniperoides Endl. ex Gordon, Pinetum, Suppl.: 107 (1862), nom. inval.
- Frenela juniperoides (L.) Parl. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 451 (1868)
- Callitris commersonii (Brongn.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 951 (1894)
- Callitris juniperoides (L.) T.Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 951 (1894)
- Widdringtonia mahonii Mast., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 271 (1905)
- Callitris mahonii (Mast.) Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9: 88 (1908)
- Widdringtonia dracomontana Stapf, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1918: 206 (1918)
- Widdringtonia stipitata Stapf, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 32: t. 3126 (1930)
- Widdringtonia nodiflora var. dracomontana (Stapf) Silba, Phytologia 68: 74 (1990)
- Widdringtonia nodiflora subsp. dracomontana (Stapf) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 13(1): 20 (2006)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Malawi (Mt. Mulanje), W Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, in mountainous areas from S Malawi to the Cape. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Powrie, E. 1972. Journal of South African Botany. Kirstenbosch 38: 303.

Links

African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Widdringtonia nodiflora. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Widdringtonia nodiflora 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 nodiflora. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 11 2016.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Widdringtonia nodiflora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: Mountain Cypress

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