IRMNG - Welwitschiaceae Caruel, 1879

IRMNG taxon details

Welwitschiaceae Caruel, 1879

IRMNG_ID

114285 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:114285)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Gnetales

Direct children (6)

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Genus Welwitschia J.D. Hooker, 1862
Genus Welwitschiophyllum D.L. Dilcher, M.E. Bernardes de Oliveira, D. Pons & T.A. Lott, 2005 †
Genus Welwitschiostrobus D.L. Dilcher, M.E. Bernardes de Oliveira, D. Pons & T.A. Lott, 2005 †
Genus Tumboa Welwitsch, 1861 accepted as Welwitschia J.D. Hooker, 1862
Genus Welwitschiella D.L. Dilcher, M.E. Bernardes de Oliveira, D. Pons & T.A. Lott, 2005 † accepted as Priscowelwitschia D.L. Dilcher, M.E. Bernardes de Oliveira, D. Pons & T.A. Lott, 2005 †
Genus Priscowelwitschia D.L. Dilcher, M.E. Bernardes de Oliveira, D. Pons & T.A. Lott, 2005 † (uncertain, unassessed)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 11: 16, 17, 18. 2 Jan 1879. [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Treated within its own order Welwitschiales in some sources, although Taylor et al., 2009 and Ruggiero et al., 2015 treat...

Taxonomic remark Treated within its own order Welwitschiales in some sources, although Taylor et al., 2009 and Ruggiero et al., 2015 treat all gnetophytes (including Welwitschia) in the single order Gnetales. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Welwitschiaceae Caruel, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114285 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2018-02-17 19:25:19Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (5)
Notes (3)

original description Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 11: 16, 17, 18. 2 Jan 1879. [details]

basis of record Reveal, J. L. (2006). USDA - APHIS - Concordance of Family Names, 2006 version. Available online at http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/usda/usdaindex.html. [details]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

taxonomy source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
note: Only a single order (Gnetales) in this treatment [details]

extant flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info Gnetophytes, terrestrial (characteristics of phylum). [details]

Nomenclatural status nom. cons. [details]