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Occurrence
Least Concern

No record number

May 22, 2005

Greece

This occurrence of Cupressus sempervirens L. was collected on May 22, 2005 in Greece. Flora of the World includes 3 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Cupressus sempervirens--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Roadside, ca. Douliana. 23 May 05. 037.jpg

Cupressus sempervirens--Crete. Ep. Apokoronos. Roadside, ca. Douliana. 23 May 05. 037.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Pinopsida

Order

Pinales

Family

Cupressaceae

Genus

Cupressus

Specific Epithet

sempervirens

Authorship

L.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 3.4

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#765 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 3 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →