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This species is accepted, and its native range is Cape Prov. (Cedarberg Mountains).

[EDGE]

Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.

Conservation
Widdringtonia wallichii is rated as Critically Endangered (CR) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of 2.07, which places it in position 66 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 8.21, ranked 387. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Widdringtonia wallichii Endl. ex Carrière appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 62 (1867)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

EDGE Gymnosperms
EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Science Photographs
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