Widdringtonia whytei

Widdringtonia whytei

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Widdringtonia whytei Rendle, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 60 (1894).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Callitris whytei (Rendle) Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 93 (1895).
  • Widdringtonia nodiflora var. whytei (Rendle) Silba, Phytologia 68: 74 (1990).
  • Widdringtonia nodiflora subsp. whytei (Rendle) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 13(1): 20 (2006).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: South Tropical Africa Malawi (Mt. Mulanje). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rendle, A.B. 1894: Gymnospermae. Pp. 60-62 in: The plants of Milanji, Nyasa-land, collected by Messrs. Britten, E. G. Baker, Rendle, Gepp, and others; with an introduction by William Carruthers, F.R.S., F.L.S. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd series: Botany 4 (1): 1-542. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1894.tb00043.x BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Widdringtonia whytei in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Widdringtonia whytei. Published online. Accessed: Jan 05 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Widdringtonia whytei. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Jan 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Widdringtonia whytei in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: Mulanje Cypress

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