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Accession Data:

Widdringtonia nodiflora (L.) Powrie

  • Common Name: Mountain Cedar
  • Family: Cupressaceae Bartling

  • Country of Origin: Malawi (Mt. Mulanje) to S. Africa
  • Habitat: between rocks and in gullies in fynbos and grassland communities

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200700154
  • Source: Chad Husby FIU
  • Accession Date: 09-10-2007
  • Bench: 2115 - MED:Mattoral A
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-10-2025
  • Restrictions:

    Classification:

    • Division: Pinophyta
    • Class: Pinopsida
    • SubClass: Pinidae
    • Order: Cupressales
    • SubOrder:
    • Family: Cupressaceae
    • SubFamily: Callitroideae
    • Tribe:
    • SubTribe:

    Flowering Data:

    This accession has been observed in bloom on:
    YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
    2025
    2024
    2023
    2022
    2021
    2020
    2019
    2018
    2017
    2016

    References (internal):

    • Gymnosperms & Gnetophytes
    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Malawi / Mozambique / Zimbabwe / Cape Provinces / Lesotho / KwaZulu-Natal / Free State / Northern Provinces

    References (external):

    1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, January 28, 2017.
    2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, January 28, 2017.

    data regenerated on Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:48:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

    Images:

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    Current Accessions in the Cupressaceae

    Subfamily Callitroideae

    • Callitris columellaris
    • Callitris rhomboidea
    • Fitzroya cupressoides
    • Widdringtonia cedarbergensis W/C
    • Widdringtonia nodiflora

    Subfamily Cunninghamhioideae

    • Cunninghamia lanceolata

    Subfamily Cupressoideae

    • Chamaecyparis thyoides W/C
    • Cupressus dupreziana
    • Cupressus vietnamensis
    • Juniperus chinensis

    Subfamily Sequoioideae

    • Sequoia sempervirens

    Subfamily Taxodioideae

    • Taxodium huegelii
    W/C = Wild Collected
    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
    = images available for this accession
    = map available for this accession
    = accession added within past 90 days
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