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The genus Welwitschia is in the family Welwitschiaceae in the major group Gymnosperms (Conifers, cycads and allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Welwitschia

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Welwitschia mirabilis Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 2 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Welwitschia. Of these 1 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 1 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Welwitschia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 2 species names for the genus Welwitschia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	1	50.0%
◕	Synonym	1	50.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

All names

The status of the 3 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Welwitschia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	2	66.7%
◕	Synonym	1	33.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	0	0%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 2 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Welwitschia, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	1	1	0	0	2	100%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Welwitschia, are as follows: