Occurrence
EDGE • Endangered

No record number

April 30, 1975

United States

This occurrence of Encephalartos arenarius R.A.Dyer was collected on April 30, 1975 in United States. Flora of the World includes 1 field photograph documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Encephalartos arenarius--CA. Huntington Bot. Gard. May 1975. IMG030a.JPG

Encephalartos arenarius--CA. Huntington Bot. Gard. May 1975. IMG030a.JPG

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Encephalartos

Specific Epithet

arenarius

Authorship

R.A.Dyer

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

#228 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 →