Widdringtonia nodiflora

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, 2nd 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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