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Monotypic taxon: Genus Welwitschia Hook.f. (1862), nom. cons. (plant)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Gnetopsida - (Order) Welwitschiales - (Family) Welwitschiaceae

Subsequent positions

Gnetophyta (Clade) Bessey 1907 [Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2007], nom. cl. inval. Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21.

Current position

Welwitschiaceae (Family) Caruel (1879), nom. cons. Ref: Новіков, А. & Барабаш-Красни, Б. / Novikoff, A. & Barabasz-Krasny, B., 2015: 60.

Alternative positions

Gnetophyta (Clade) Bessey 1907 [Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2007], nom. cl. inval. Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21. [new position]

Historical positions

Welwitschiaceae (Family) Caruel (1879), nom. cons. Ref: A. Novikoff & B. Barabasz-Krasny, 2015: 60.
Welwitschiaceae (Family) Caruel (1879), nom. cons. Ref: M.J.M. Christenhusz et al., 2011: 58.
Welwitschiaceae (Family) Caruel (1879), nom. cons. Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 907.
Gnetophyta (Clade) Bessey 1907 [Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2007], nom. cl. inval. Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21. [new position]
Gnetophyta (Phylum) Bessey (1907) Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 266. [rough position]
Welwitschiaceae (Family) Caruel (1879), nom. cons. Ref: T.A. Zanoni, 1982: 356.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 1s
2011 M.J.M. Christenhusz et al.: 58 [1s]
2011 M.J.M. Christenhusz et al.: 58 [1s]
2010 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011 1s
1982 L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz 1s
1982 T.A. Zanoni: 356 1s
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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024