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Occurrence
EDGE • Vulnerable

No record number

November 20, 2002

South Africa

This occurrence of Encephalartos lehmannii Lehm. was collected on November 20, 2002 in South Africa. Flora of the World includes 1 field photograph documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Encephalartos lemannii--South Africa. Cape Province. Stellenbosch B. G. 21 Nov. 02. 023.jpg

Encephalartos lemannii--South Africa. Cape Province. Stellenbosch B. G. 21 Nov. 02. 023.jpg

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Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Encephalartos

Specific Epithet

lehmannii

Authorship

Lehm.

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 3.9

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

EDGE List

Threat status

Vulnerable

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.0

Global rank

#379 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 4 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →