Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel - plants |
| divisio | Gnetophyta Bessey |
| class | Welwitschiopsida B. Boivin |
| order | Welwitschiales Reveal |
| family | Welwitschiaceae Caruel |
| genus | Welwitschiostrobus Dilcher et al. † |