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Occurrence
EDGE • Vulnerable

No record number

January 14, 2003

Greece

This occurrence of Encephalartos gratus Prain was collected on January 14, 2003 in Greece. Flora of the World includes 2 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Encephalartos gratus--FL. Fairchild Trop. Garden. SRC15 Jan 03. 161.jpg

Encephalartos gratus--FL. Fairchild Trop. Garden. SRC15 Jan 03. 161.jpg

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Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Encephalartos

Specific Epithet

gratus

Authorship

Prain

Source

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 4.8

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

EDGE List

Threat status

Vulnerable

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.1

Global rank

#345 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 →