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Occurrence
EDGE • Endangered

Garden no. 88313A

April 6, 2003

Greece

This occurrence of Zamia soconuscensis Schutzman, Vovides & Dehgan (Garden no. 88313A) was collected on April 6, 2003 in Greece. Flora of the World includes 2 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Zamia soconuscensis--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 098.jpg

Zamia soconuscensis--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 098.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Zamia

Specific Epithet

soconuscensis

Authorship

Schutzman, Vovides & Dehgan

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 6.6

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

EDGE List

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

2.5

Global rank

#157 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 5 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →