Occurrence
Least Concern

No record number

June 26, 2003

United States

This occurrence of Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook. was collected on June 26, 2003 in United States. Flora of the World includes 2 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Cunninghamia lanceolata--CT. Branford. Dr. Nickou's private gdn. 27 Jun 03. 054.jpg

Cunninghamia lanceolata--CT. Branford. Dr. Nickou's private gdn. 27 Jun 03. 054.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Pinopsida

Order

Pinales

Family

Cupressaceae

Genus

Cunninghamia

Specific Epithet

lanceolata

Authorship

(Lamb.) Hook.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Very high

ED 49.7

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

2.6

Global rank

#151 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 6 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →