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December 2023

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species

Welwitschia mirabilis Hook.f.

This species name was first published in Gard. Chron. 1862: 71 (1862)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000801450.

Literature

Hooker, J. D. (1863). I.On Welwitschia, a new Genus ofGnetaceae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 24(1), 1–48. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1863.tb00151.x
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 24(1): 7. 1863 [30 Jan 1863]

Synonyms of Welwitschia mirabilis Hook.f.

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Tumboa bainesii	Hook.f.	Gard. Chron. 1861: 1008 (1861)	wfo-0000801255
Welwitschia bainesii	(Hook.f.) Carrière	Traité Gén. Conif. , ed. 2: 783 (1867)	wfo-0000801449
Welwitschia mirabilis subsp. mirabilis	–	Unknown	wfo-0000801451
Welwitschia mirabilis subsp. namibiana	Leuenb.	Willdenowia 31: 375 (2001)	wfo-0000801452
Tumboa strobilifera	Welw.	Gard. Chron. 1862: 71.	wfo-0001352192
Welwitschia namibiana	(Leuenb.) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 4: 51 (2018)	wfo-1000051487