Welwitschia

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q15044266
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Welwitschia

Summary

Welwitschia is a taxon[1]. Welwitschia is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Welwitschia's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Welwitschia is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Friedrich Welwitsch is named after Welwitschia[5].
  • Welwitschia belongs to the parent taxon Welwitschiaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Welwitschia is Welwitschia[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Welwitschia is Welwitschia mirabilis[8].
  • Welwitschia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Welwitschia[9].
  • Welwitschia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12801[10].
  • Welwitschia is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '百岁兰属'}[11].
  • Welwitschia is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'velbičevka'}[12].
  • Welwitschia's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Plants[13].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Welwitschia is Welwitschia[7]. Welwitschia is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Welwitschia belongs to the parent taxon Welwitschiaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Welwitschia is Welwitschia mirabilis[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '百岁兰属'}[11] and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'velbičevka'}[12].

Discovery and Description

Friedrich Welwitsch is named after Welwitschia[5].

Identifiers

Welwitschia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53818[14]. Welwitschia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3376[15]. Welwitschia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2653230[16]. Welwitschia's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18059[17].

Why It Matters

Welwitschia is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, 13. Band: Gymnospermae. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8h ago · Pescan · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 18
    Wikipedia title → Welwitschia
    Named after → Friedrich Welwitsch
    Encyclopaedia beliana id → velvicia
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8669]]: velvicia"
  2. 6w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C1080843
    Interlingual index id → i98345
    Open tree of life id → 47948
    Imported from → —
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tt */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/49034|batch #49034]]"
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