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Chapter 34 - Widdringtonia

Cupressales: Cupressaceae S.S.

from Part III - Living Arborescent Gymnosperm Genetic Presentations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2024

Christopher N. Page
Christopher N. Page
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University of Exeter
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Summary

Graceful evergreen trees or large shrubs, with linear acicular soft greyish-green leaves which long-persist or changing gradually to adult cupressoid foliage. Branches and branchlets are not flattened into a single plane. The adult foliage is without distinction between facial and lateral pairs. The seed cones are borne erect, often clustered and each of two pairs of scales which are woody when mature.

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Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
Pattern, Process and Diversity
 , pp. 588 - 600
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Widdringtonia
  • Christopher N. Page, University of Exeter
  • Book: Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
  • Online publication: 11 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009262965.038
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