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Cupressaceae Widdringtonia schwarzii | Taxonomy | Flora of the World

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Taxon

Widdringtonia schwarzii (Marloth) Mast.

Protologue J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 269. 1905 [1904-1906 publ. 1905]BHL page IPNI

AcceptedGBIF

Near Threatened

Widdringtonia schwartzii--So.Africa. Mpumal. Buffelskloof Private Nat. Res. 17 Mch 05. 161.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Endemic to Cape Provinces (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

March 16, 2005

Location

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Ehlanzeni (Thaba Chweu, Lydenburg)

-25.315833, 30.495278

Location Remarks

Buffelskloof Private Nature Reserve

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Pinopsida

Order

Pinales

Family

Cupressaceae

Genus

Widdringtonia

Specific Epithet

schwarzii

Authorship

(Marloth) Mast.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Near Threatened

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#972 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 0 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →