Welwitschia
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Welwitschia is a monotypic genus of gnetophytes containing only the species Welwitschia mirabilis. It is named after the Austrian botanist Friedrich Welwitsch, who documented the plant in the 1850s. I
Welwitschia mirabilis
Crown
Female cones
Male cones
Gnetum
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Gnetum is a genus of gymnosperms, the sole genus in the family Gnetaceae within the Gnetidae. They are tropical evergreen trees, shrubs and lianas. Unlike other gymnosperms, they possess vessel elemen
Welwitschia
…Welwitschia is the only living genus of the family Welwitschiaceae and order Welwitschiales, and is one of three extant genera of gnetophytes, alongside Gnetum and Ephedra. Welwitschia is well known for its unique morphology. The plant has only two leaves that grow out of a large woody stem, known as a crown…
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Gnetum gnemon carpellate/female cones
Gnetum latifolium staminate/male cones
Gathered leaves of Gnetum africanum