Widdringtonia nodiflora (L.) Powrie

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Slope above upper Nhandar valley, Mt Gorongosa

Photo: Bart Wursten
Higher slopes below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa

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Synonyms:	Callitris whytei (Rendle) Engl. Widdringtonia cupressoides auct. Widdringtonia whytei Rendle
Common names:	Mountain cedar (English) Mountain cypress (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Small tree often stunted and shrubby. Bark grey to brown, thinly fissured and flaking. Leaves needle-like and spreading when young, up to 2 cm long; scale-like when mature, c. 2 mm long, dark green, tightly appressed to the branches. Male cones 2-4 mm long with 6 pairs of scales, terminal; female cones, c. 2 cm in diameter with 4 valves, woody, dark brown, both sexes on the same tree.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	nodiflora: "flowering" at the nodes.
Habitat:	On exposed ridges and mountain sides, usually where evergreen forest can not reach.
Altitude range: (metres)	1600 - 2400 m
Flowering time:	Cones: throughout the year
Worldwide distribution:
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
Growth form:
Endemic status:
Red data list status:	Lower Risk - least concern
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Content last updated:	Saturday 4 October 2008
Literature:	Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 92. (Includes a picture). Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, S Africa Pages 54 - 55. (Includes a picture).

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Other sources of information about Widdringtonia nodiflora:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Widdringtonia nodiflora page
Flora of Mozambique: Widdringtonia nodiflora
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Widdringtonia nodiflora
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Widdringtonia nodiflora
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Widdringtonia nodiflora
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Widdringtonia nodiflora
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Widdringtonia nodiflora
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Widdringtonia nodiflora
JSTOR Plant Science: Widdringtonia nodiflora
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Widdringtonia nodiflora
Tropicos: Widdringtonia nodiflora
West African Plants database: Widdringtonia nodiflora