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Widdringtonia (African cypress)

Coniferales - Cupressaceae

Taxonomy
Widdringtonia was named by Endlicher (1842). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cupressineae by Knowlton (1919); to Callitroideae by Gadek et al. (2000); and to Cupressaceae by Govaerts et al. (2023).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Widdringtonia Endlicher
1919Widdringtonia Knowlton
2000Widdringtonia Gadek et al. pp. 1048, 1056
2023Widdringtonia Govaerts et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderConiferales
familyCupressaceae
genusWiddringtoniaEndlicher 1842

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Widdringtonia Endlicher 1842 [African cypress]
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Widdringtonia complanata Lesquereux 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available