- Widdringtonia schwarzii
Taxobox
name = "Widdringtonia schwarzii"
status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Pinophyta
classis = Pinopsida
ordo =Pinales
familia =Cupressaceae
genus = "Widdringtonia "
species = "W. schwarzii"
binomial = "Widdringtonia schwarzii"
binomial_authority = (Marloth) Mast."Widdringtonia schwarzii" (Willowmore Cypress or Willowmore Cedar) is a species of "
Widdringtonia " native toSouth Africa , where it is endemic to theBaviaanskloof andKouga Mountains west ofPort Elizabeth inEastern Cape Province ; it occurs on dry rocky slopes and crags at 600-1,200 m altitude. It is threatened byhabitat loss , particularly bywildfire .Farjon, A. (2005). "Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-068-4] [Hilton-Taylor, C. et al. 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/34147/all Widdringtonia schwarzii] . Downloaded on 10 July 2007.]It is a medium-sized
evergreen tree growing to 20-25 m (formerly known to 40 m) tall. The leaves are scale-like, 1.5 mm long and 1 mm broad on small shoots, up to 10 mm long on strong-growing shoots, and arranged in opposite decussate pairs. The cones are globose to rectangular, 2-3 cm long, with four scales. It is closely related to "Widdringtonia cedarbergensis " from Western Cape Province, being most easily distinguished by its larger seeds with a short seedwing.It was formerly often called "Willowmore Cedar" but has been renamed Willowmore Cypress to better reflect its botanical relationships. [University of the Witwatersrand: [http://web.archive.org/web/20060428013016/http://www.wits.ac.za/museums/herbarium/trcflis.htm Recommended English names for trees of Southern Africa] ]
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