Occurrence
EDGE • Critically Endangered

Garden no. 57698A

April 6, 2003

Greece

This occurrence of Ceratozamia mexicana Brongn. (Garden no. 57698A) was collected on April 6, 2003 in Greece. Flora of the World includes 3 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Ceratozamia mexicana--FL. Fairchild Bot. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 110.jpg

Ceratozamia mexicana--FL. Fairchild Bot. Gard. 7 Apr 03. 110.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Ceratozamia

Specific Epithet

mexicana

Authorship

Brongn.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

EDGE List

Threat status

Critically Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.3

Global rank

#311 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 1 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →