Occurrence
EDGE • Endangered

No record number

March 5, 2005

South Africa

This occurrence of Encephalartos horridus (Jacq.) Lehm. was collected on March 5, 2005 in South Africa. Flora of the World includes 7 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Encephalartos horridus--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 019.jpg

Encephalartos horridus--So.Africa. E. Cape. Uitenhage Nat. Res. 6 Mch 05. 019.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Encephalartos

Specific Epithet

horridus

Authorship

(Jacq.) Lehm.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 3.8

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

EDGE List

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.8

Global rank

#222 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 →