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Widdringtonia whytei (Mulanje cedar; Mlanje Cedar; Mulanje Cypress)

Synonyms: Callitris whytei (homotypic); Widdringtonia nodiflora var. whytei (homotypic); Widdringtonia nodiflora whytei (homotypic)
Language: Chichewa

Wikipedia Abstract

Widdringtonia whytei, the Mulanje cypress, is a species of Widdringtonia native to Malawi, where it is endemic to the Mulanje Massif at altitudes of 1,830-2,550 m. It has become endangered as a result of over-harvesting for its wood, and an increase in the frequency of wildfires due to human activity. It was formerly often called "Mulanje cedar" but has been renamed Mulanje cypress to better reflect its botanical relationships.
View Wikipedia Record: Widdringtonia whytei

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Widdringtonia whytei

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Structure [1]  Tree

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve Malawi

Predators

Cinara tujafilina (Pine aphid)[2]
Epichorista galeata[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0