Widdringtonia schwarzii

Widdringtonia schwarzii

Taxobox
name = "Widdringtonia schwarzii"
status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
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 to South Africa, where it is endemic to the Baviaanskloof and Kouga Mountains west of Port Elizabeth in Eastern Cape Province; it occurs on dry rocky slopes and crags at 600-1,200 m altitude. It is threatened by habitat loss, particularly by wildfire.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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