HomeCycadalesZamiaceaeEncephalartos
Occurrence

No record number

Near Threatened

March 7, 2005

South Africa

Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi--So.Africa. E. Cape. Stut. 8 Mch 05. 507.jpg

Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi--So.Africa. E. Cape. Stut. 8 Mch 05. 507.jpg

This occurrence of Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi Lehm. was collected on March 7, 2005 in South Africa. Flora of the World includes 14 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Encephalartos

Specific Epithet

friderici-guilielmi

Authorship

Lehm.

Taxonomic Opinions

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.1

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

Threat status

Near Threatened

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#865 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 →