Welwitschia is a desert plant. This plant is commonly
called as living fossil.
It is named after the Austrian botanist Friedrich
Welwitsch who discovered it in 1859. This plant grows in Namib desert of
Namibia and Angola. This plant has a prominent Taproot system.
After germination the
cotyledons grow into 25-35 mm in length. There appears two permanent leaves
which are produced at right angles to the cotyledons.
This is a dioecious plant
with separate male and female plants. The fertilization ocuurs through
Pollination.
The LifeSpan of this plant varies from approximately 1000 years
to 2000 years.
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