ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WELWITSCHIA
Named after F. M. J. Welwitsch (1807–72), Portuguese botanist, born in Austria.
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Pg42, top: In this parched desert welwitschias are often the lushest, greenest
plants around Pg42, bottom: Welwitschia is the crown of Namib life Pg45, top:
Recently prospectors have been drilling in the middle of a dense welwitschia
field at ...
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Botany For Degree Gymnosperm (M.E.)
Tetrasporic megasporogenesis a feature of Gnetum is more common in
angiosperms, not found in Gymnosperms except Welwitschia. Formation of
storage tissue or endosperm after fertilization like in angiosperm is also a feature
of Gnetum.
P C Vashishta, A K Sinha, Anil Kumar, P.C.Vasishta
WELWITSCHIALES. WELWITSCHIACEAE WELWITSCHIA The monogeneric
family Welwitschiaceae has only one genus Welwitschia which has been
considered as the most bizarre of all gymnosperms, being unique among living
and fossil ...
S. P. Bhatnagar, Alok Moitra, 1996
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Namibia (Other Places Travel Guide)
Keep in mind water is only available at Welwitschia Plains Like huge shriveled
plants, exhausted by heat and on the verge of death, the welwitschias are
scattered everywhere across this famous plain in the Namib-Naukluft National
Park.
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Plants: Diversity and Evolution
Life-form/ecology: they are trees, shrubs or lianes of tropical forests (Gnetum),
shrubs of arid regions (Ephedra) or giant leafy ground plants of the desert (
Welwitschia). Fossil record/sister groups: there is no unambiguous fossil record
of the ...
Martin Ingrouille, Bill Eddie, 2006
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Gymnosperm (naked seeds plant) : structure and development
FAMILY WELWITSCHIACEAE (1) Genera: Welwitschia (2) Species: W. mirabilis
INTRODUCTION The first Welwitschia plant was discovered by Austrian botanist
Friedrich Welwitsch (1806-1872)* in 1860 in the Namib desert in the southern ...
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Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms
PHYTOCHEMISTRY. From the wood of Welwitschia gnetins have been isolated,
i.e. dimers and trimers of stilbenes (dehydroresveratrol), which otherwise are
known from Gnetum (Lins et al. 1986). The lignin composition of Welwitschia. like
...
K.U. Kramer, Klaus Kubitzki, P.S. Green, 1990
(1880) Welwitschia Germination. Card. Chron. No. 361, p. 690. — (1882)
Germination of Welwitschia. Gard. Chron. No. 419, p. 14.. Nathorst, A J. (1910)
Palaeobotanische Mittheilungen 8. Ueber Williamsonia, Wielandia,
Cycadocephalus, und ...
(1880) Welwitschia Germination. Gard. Chron. No. 361, p. 690. (1882)
Germination of Welwitschia. Gard. Chron. No. 419, p. 14. Nathorst, A. J. (1910)
Palaeobotanische Mittheilungen 8. Ueber Williamsonia, Wielandia,
Cycadocephalus, und ...
H. H. W. Pearson, A. C. Seward, 2010
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Annual Plant Reviews, The Evolution of Plant Form
In all gymnosperms (except Gnetum and Welwitschia) where this division has
been observed, there are two spindles that form within the single nucleoplasm,
one corresponding to the sperm chromatin and the other to the egg chromatin.
Barbara A. Ambrose, Michael D. Purugganan, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WELWITSCHIA»
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Armed robbery at hospital
A surge in armed robberies of late in Namibia delivered a punch to the country's underbelly on Monday morning, 25 May, when the Welwitschia MediPark in ... «Informante, May 15»
A tearful Kamwi bids farewell
He also said he supported the establishment of Welwitschia University because of the need for more nurses, despite the criticism from people. What he will miss ... «Namibian, Mar 15»
Surgeon blamed for death
Allegations that the Welwitschia Private Hospital, where Uiseb received the gastroscopy, paid for the deceased's funeral in December was also rejected by ... «Informante, Feb 15»
Tower and Repsol settle costs on Welwitschia prospect offshore …
“We are pleased to have resolved these matters and now to be working to improve our understanding of the untested prospectivity in our Namibia licence,” said, ... «Oil & Gas Technology, Dec 14»
Rachel Sussman Credit Illustration by Tom Bachtell
Many of Sussman's subjects are unassuming: the two-thousand-year-old Welwitschia that she photographed in Namibia looks like a forlorn mop of leaves. «The New Yorker, Sep 14»
Art, Science & Philosophy Behind Photos of Oldest Living Things
... so I'm familiar with the Welwitschia plant," or the Welwitschia is something you've never seen before and it's this wild-looking thing in a harsh desert, and that's ... «LiveScience.com, Aug 14»
Modern lung clinic opens at the coast
The new lung clinic is a collaborative initiative between the privately-owned Welwitschia Hospital, the Paul Coulson Foundation, the University of Bern and the ... «New Era, Aug 14»
MARKET REPORT: Tower Resources shares slump after UK firm …
Shares in AIM-listed Tower Resources slumped by more than 66 per cent after the firm failed to find any oil at the Welwitschia-1A well, offshore Namibia, leading ... «This is Money, Jun 14»
Best of the boards: Quindell, Tower Resources and Nighthawk Energy
Tower Resources (TRP) lost £50 million of its value on Friday after it plugged and abandoned the Welwitschia-1A well offshore Namibia and earlier in the week ... «Interactive Investor, Jun 14»
Kamwi supports new nurse training facilities
... International University of Management (IUM) and Welwitschia University's new training facilities will address the shortage of qualified nurses in the country. «Namibian, Jun 14»
