Occurrence
Least Concern

No record number

March 10, 2005

South Africa

This occurrence of Podocarpus latifolius (Thunb.) R.Br. ex Mirb. was collected on March 10, 2005 in South Africa. Flora of the World includes 10 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Podocarpus latifolius--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 209.jpg

Podocarpus latifolius--So.Africa. E. Cape. Umtamvuna Nat. Res. 11 Mch 05. 209.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Pinopsida

Order

Pinales

Family

Podocarpaceae

Genus

Podocarpus

Specific Epithet

latifolius

Authorship

(Thunb.) R.Br. ex Mirb.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 4.2

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

#776 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 →