Occurrence
Least Concern

No record number

July 18, 2003

Japan

This occurrence of Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich. was collected on July 18, 2003 in Japan. Flora of the World includes 5 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Taxodium distichum--Japan. Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Toyota. 19 Jul 03. 017.jpg

Taxodium distichum--Japan. Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Toyota. 19 Jul 03. 017.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Pinopsida

Order

Pinales

Family

Cupressaceae

Genus

Taxodium

Specific Epithet

distichum

Authorship

(L.) Rich.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Very high

ED 28.7

Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.6

Global rank

#254 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 14 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →