Welwitschia mirabilis

Welwitschia mirabilis

Taxonavigation

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Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Gnetophyta
Classis: Gnetopsida
Ordo: Welwitschiales
Familia: Welwitschiaceae
Genus: Welwitschia
Species: Welwitschia mirabilis

Name

Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. f.

References

• Bustard, L. 1990. The ugliest plant of the world: the story of Welwitschia mirabilis. Kew Magazine 7:85-90.
• Carlquist, S. and D.A. Gowans. 1995. Secondary growth and wood histology of Welwitschia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 118(2): 107.
• Henschel, Joh R. and Mary K. Seely. 2004. Long-term growth patterns of Welwitschia mirabilis, a long-lived plant of the Namib Desert (including a bibliography). Plant Ecology 150(1-2):7-26.
• Herppich, W.B., B.M.-T. Flach, D.J. von Willert, and M. Herppich. 1996. Field investigations of photosynthetic activity, gas exchange and water potential at different leaf ages in Welwitschia mirabilis during a severe drought. Flora 191:59-66.
• Rodin, R.J. 1953. Distribution of Welwitschia mirabilis. American Journal of Botany 40:280-285.
• von Willert, D.J. 1994. Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. fil.- das Überlebenswunder der Namibwüste [the survival miracle of the Namib desert]. Naturwissenschaften 81:430-442.
• von Willert, D.J. and U. Wagner-Douglas. 1994. Water relations, CO2 exchange, water-use efficiency and growth of Welwitschia mirabilis Hook. fil. in three contrasting habitats of the Namib desert. Botanica Acta 107:291-299.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Tweeblad-kan nie dood
Česky: Welwitschie podivná; Velbičice podivná
Deutsch: Welwitschie
English: Welwitschia
‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Welwitschia
Polski: Welwiczja Przedziwna
Svenska: Welwitschia
‪中文(繁體)‬: 百歲蘭
‪中文(简体)‬: 百岁兰

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