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Occurrence
EDGE • Endangered

No record number

March 19, 2006

Ecuador

This occurrence of Cycas circinalis L. was collected on March 19, 2006 in Ecuador. Flora of the World includes 3 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Cycas circinnalis--Ecuador. Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil. 20 Mar 06. 085.jpg

Cycas circinnalis--Ecuador. Jardin Botanico de Guayaquil. 20 Mar 06. 085.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Cycadaceae

Genus

Cycas

Specific Epithet

circinalis

Authorship

L.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 3.6

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

EDGE List

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.5

Global rank

#275 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 →