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This occurrence of Sciadopitys verticillata (Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc. was collected on July 18, 2003 in Japan. Flora of the World includes 7 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.
Sciadopitys verticillata--Japan. Toyota Municipal Art Museum. CD19 Jul 03. 042.jpg
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Sciadopityaceae
Genus
Sciadopitys
Specific Epithet
verticillata
Authorship
(Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Conservation (EDGE)
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 223.3
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
28.0
Global rank
#7 of 1,090
Top 100 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 223 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →