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Occurrence
Endangered

No record number

March 14, 2005

South Africa

This occurrence of Encephalartos lebomboensis I.Verd. was collected on March 14, 2005 in South Africa. Flora of the World includes 5 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Encephalartos lebomboensis--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 351.jpg

Encephalartos lebomboensis--So.Africa. Lowveld Nat. Bot. Gard. 14 Mch 05. 351.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Encephalartos

Specific Epithet

lebomboensis

Authorship

I.Verd.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#596 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 →