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Welwitschiaceae
Sign in to saveWelwitschiaceae is a family of plants of the order Gnetales with one living species, Welwitschia mirabilis, found in southwestern Africa. Three fossil genera have been recovered from the Crato Formation – late Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) strata located in the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil, with one of these also being known from the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Akrabou Formation of Morocco.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Welwitschiaceae is referenced by 95 other articles, and connects out to Welwitschia mirabilis, Gnetophyta and Early Cretaceous.
Vinony files it under Extant Aptian first appearances, Plant families and Welwitschiaceae.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassGnetopsida
- OrderWelwitschiales
- FamilyWelwitschiaceae
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Gymnosperm families - Welwitschiaceae
Description of Welwitschiaceae, generated from a DELTA database.
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Welwitschiales
- Image
- Welwitschia mirabilis(1).jpg
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- Category:Welwitschiaceae
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- Welwitschiaceae
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- Welwitschiaceae
- described at URL
- delta-intkey.com/gymno/www/welwitsc.htm
- taxon common name
- velbičevke
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Encyclopedic overview
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Welwitschiaceae is a family of plants of the order Gnetales with one living species, Welwitschia mirabilis, found in southwestern Africa. Three fossil genera have been recovered from the Crato Formation – late Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) strata located in the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil, with one of these also being known from the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Akrabou Formation of Morocco.
==Taxonomy== German naturalist Friedrich Markgraf coined the name Welwitschiaceae in 1926, which appeared in Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien.
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