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Occurrence
Least Concern

61.1084

February 9, 2003

Greece

This occurrence of Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (A.Rich.) de Laub. (61.1084) was collected on February 9, 2003 in Greece. Flora of the World includes 3 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Dacrycarpus dacryoides. 61.1084--California. Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 063.jpg

Dacrycarpus dacryoides. 61.1084--California. Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 03. 063.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Pinopsida

Order

Pinales

Family

Podocarpaceae

Genus

Dacrycarpus

Specific Epithet

dacrydioides

Authorship

(A.Rich.) de Laub.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Very high

ED 21.9

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

1.2

Global rank

#320 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 22 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →