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Accession Data:

Welwitschia mirabilis

  • Common Name: Tree Tumbo
  • Family: Welwitschiaceae Markgraf.

  • Country of Origin:

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202500035
  • Source: Michigan S.U.
  • Accession Date: 05-29-2025
  • Bench: 6901 - Array 1, Tank 1
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 18 confirmed on 05-29-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Gnetophyta
  • Class: Gnetopsida
  • SubClass: Gnetidae
  • Order: Welwitschiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Welwitschiaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

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data regenerated on Thu, 29 May 2025 10:45:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Welwitschia mirabilis

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Current Accessions in the Welwitschiaceae

  • Welwitschia mirabilis
  • Welwitschia mirabilis ssp. namibiana
  • Welwitschia mirabilis ssp. namibiana
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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