Widdringtonia nodiflora (L.) Powrie
Shrub or small tree with brown to grey bark, spirally-arranged, needle-like juvenile leaves and scale-like, dark green adult leaves. To 6m, occasionally larger. [www.conifers.org].
Horticultural & Botanical History
Introduced to Britain in 1799. [JD]. Illustrated in the Flowering Plants of Africa. [The Flowering Plants of Africa. Thonner. pl.2/1915].
History at Camden Park
Listed in the 1850 and 1857 catalogues [C.88/1850].
Notes
Thuja cupressoides Hort. ex Carrière (1867) = Platycladus orientalis (L.f.) Franco which see.
Published Aug 03, 2009 - 07:55 PM | Last updated Jul 16, 2010 - 05:16 PM
Widdringtonia nodiflora | The Flowering Plants of Africa. Thonner. pl.2/1915 as Callitris cupressoides | BHL
| Family | Cupressaceae |
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| Region of origin | Southern Africa |
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| Common Name | Mountain cedar, Mountain cypress |
| Name in the Camden Park Record | Thuja cupressoides |
| Confidence level | high |