Occurrence

28.0175

Least Concern

February 10, 2003

United States

This occurrence of Afrocarpus gracilior (Pilg.) C.N.Page (28.0175) was collected on February 10, 2003 in United States. Flora of the World includes 5 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Afrocarpus gracillior. 28.0175--California. Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 097.jpg

Afrocarpus gracillior. 28.0175--California. Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 097.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Pinopsida

Order

Pinales

Family

Podocarpaceae

Genus

Afrocarpus

Specific Epithet

gracilior

Authorship

(Pilg.) C.N.Page

Taxonomic Opinions

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 3.7

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

#748 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 →