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| name = ''Tree Tumbo'' |
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| image = Welwitschia at Ugab River basin.jpg |
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| parent_authority = [[Hook.f.]] |
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| divisio = [[Gnetophyta]] |
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| range_map = Welwitschia Mirabilis Area of Circulation.png |
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| classis = [[Gnetophyta|Gnetopsida]] |
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| range_map_caption = Welwitschia's range. |
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| ordo = '''Welwitschiales''' |
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| familia = '''Welwitschiaceae''' |
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*''Tumboa'' <small>Welw. ''nom. rej.''</small> |
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| genus = '''''Welwitschia''''' |
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*''Tumboa bainesii'' <small>Hook. f. ''nom. inval.''</small> |
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*''Welwitschia bainesii'' <small>(Hook. f.) Carrière</small> |
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*''Tumboa strobilifera'' <small>Welw. ex Hook. f. ''nom. inval.''</small> |
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|synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/14300073?tab=synonyms Tropicos, ''Welwitschia mirabilis''] and [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020640 Topicos ''Tumboa'' Welw.]</ref> |
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[[File:Welwitschia mirabilis MHNT.BOT.2015.2.2.jpg|thumb|''Welwitschia mirabilis'']] |
[[File:Welwitschia mirabilis MHNT.BOT.2015.2.2.jpg|thumb|''Welwitschia mirabilis'']] |
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'''''Welwitschia''''' or ''Welwitschia mirabilis'' is known as one of the oldest living [[plant]]s. It can be called a "living [[fossil]]". The plant is mainly found in the [[desert]]s of [[Namibia]]. Some of these plants may be more than 5000 years old. This would make them the oldest living things on [[Earth]]. |
'''''Welwitschia''''' or ''Welwitschia mirabilis'' is known as one of the oldest living [[plant]]s. It can be called a "living [[fossil]]". The plant is mainly found in the [[desert]]s of [[Namibia]]. Some of these plants may be more than 5000 years old. This would make them the oldest living things on [[Earth]]. |
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It is named after the discoverer, Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch. The plant is locally called "'''long haired thing'''". Its structure consists of a short, woody, top-shaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are enormously long, (two or three metres) and break up at the ends. |
It is named after the discoverer, Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch. The plant is locally called "'''long haired thing'''". Its structure consists of a short, woody, top-shaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are enormously long, (two or three metres) and break up at the ends. |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Gnetophyta |
| Class: | Gnetopsida |
| Order: | Welwitschiales |
| Family: | Welwitschiaceae |
| Genus: | Welwitschia Hook.f. |
| Species: | W. mirabilis
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Welwitschia or Welwitschia mirabilis is known as one of the oldest living plants. It can be called a "living fossil". The plant is mainly found in the deserts of Namibia. Some of these plants may be more than 5000 years old. This would make them the oldest living things on Earth.
It is named after the discoverer, Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch. The plant is locally called "long haired thing". Its structure consists of a short, woody, top-shaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are enormously long, (two or three metres) and break up at the ends.
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