The first Welwitschia plant was discovered by Austrian botanist Friedrich Welwitsch (1806-1872) * in 1860 in the Namib desert in the southern part of Angola.
Le Welwitschia yekucala yabonwa ngusosayensi wetihlahla wase Austrian Friedrich Welwitsch (ngemnyanka wa 1806 kuya ku 1872) nga 1860 ehlandzeni lase Namib encenye leseningizimu yase Angola.