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December 2023

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Welwitschia mirabilis Hook.f.

This species name was first published in Gard. Chron. 1862: 71 (1862) Link to external nomenclature reference

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.

Synonyms of Welwitschia mirabilis Hook.f.

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