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Occurrence
Least Concern

No record number

November 25, 2002

Bolivia

This occurrence of Araucaria cunninghamii Aiton ex A.Cunn. was collected on November 25, 2002 in Bolivia. Flora of the World includes 3 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Araucaria cunninghamii--South Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov. 02. 146.jpg

Araucaria cunninghamii--South Africa. Durban Botanic Garden. 24 Nov. 02. 146.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Pinopsida

Order

Pinales

Family

Araucariaceae

Genus

Araucaria

Specific Epithet

cunninghamii

Authorship

Aiton ex A.Cunn.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Very high

ED 45.2

Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

2.9

Global rank

#123 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 45 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →