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    Welwitschia mirabilis

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    Source-identified Welwitschia mirabilis; Detail of a female plant and its reproductive structures. Framed for display
    Welwitschia · Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomViridiplantae
    4. PhylumStreptophyta
    5. ClassGnetopsida
    6. OrderWelwitschiales
    7. FamilyWelwitschiaceae
    8. GenusWelwitschia
    9. SpeciesWelwitschia mirabilis
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Viridiplantae kingdom
    4. Streptophyta phylum
    5. Streptophytina subphylum
    6. Embryophyta clade
    7. Tracheophyta clade
    8. Euphyllophyta clade
    9. Spermatophyta clade
    10. Acrogymnospermae clade
    11. Gnetopsida class
    12. Gnetidae subclass
    13. Welwitschiales order
    14. Welwitschiaceae family
    15. Welwitschia genus
    16. Welwitschia mirabilis species

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

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    Source-identified Welwitschia mirabilis; Detail of a female plant and its reproductive structures. Framed for display
    Species · Welwitschia

    Welwitschia

    Welwitschia mirabilis

    Welwitschia is a desert gymnosperm famous for keeping the same pair of foliage leaves throughout adult life. Those leaves continue growing at …