HomeFamiliesZamiaceaeEncephalartos
Occurrence
Near Threatened

No record number

March 7, 2005

South Africa

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.

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

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Encephalartos

Specific Epithet

friderici-guilielmi

Authorship

Lehm.

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 →