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Occurrence
Least Concern

No record number

July 26, 2008

Canada

This occurrence of Larix griffithii Hook.f. was collected on July 26, 2008 in Canada. Flora of the World includes 13 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Larix griffithii--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 198.jpg

Larix griffithii--Canada. BC. Univ. BC Bot. Garden. 27 Jul 08. 198.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Pinopsida

Order

Pinales

Family

Pinaceae

Genus

Larix

Specific Epithet

griffithii

Authorship

Hook.f.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Very high

ED 11.2

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

0.8

Global rank

#441 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 11 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →