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Occurrence
EDGE • Endangered

No record number

March 15, 2010

United States

This occurrence of Zamia portoricensis Urb. was collected on March 15, 2010 in United States. Flora of the World includes 6 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Zamia portoricensis--Florida. Marie Selby Gardens, Sarasota. 16 March 2010. 094 (3).jpg

Zamia portoricensis--Florida. Marie Selby Gardens, Sarasota. 16 March 2010. 094 (3).jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Cycadopsida

Order

Cycadales

Family

Zamiaceae

Genus

Zamia

Specific Epithet

portoricensis

Authorship

Urb.

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 3.5

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

EDGE List

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

1.5

Global rank

#266 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 →