Accession Data

Widdringtonia cedarbergensis

Common Name: Clanwilliam Cedar

Family: Cupressaceae

Synonym(s): Widdringtonia wallichii

Country of Origin: Cederberg, Western Cape, S. Africa

Description: It is a small evergreen tree growing to 5-7 m (rarely to 20 m) tall. The leaves are scale-like, 1.5 mm long and 1 mm broad on small shoots, up to 15 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.2

Accession Data

Accession #: 200300346

Accession Date: 2003-10-27 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2114

Quantity: 1

Source: Matt Opel ex Silverhill Seeds

Provenance: collected in Cederberg mountains, via Silverhill Seeds

Classification

Division: Pinophyta

Class: Pinopsida

Subclass: Pinidae

Order: Cupressales

Family: Cupressaceae

SubFamily: Callitroideae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, South Africa
  2. Farjon, A. (2005). Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-068-4 as quoted at Wikipedia
  3. Hilton-Taylor, C. et al. 1998. Widdringtonia cedarbergensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 01 April 2013
  4. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  5. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.

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Widdringtonia cedarbergensis