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This occurrence of Dacrydium cupressinum Sol. ex G.Forst. was collected on June 24, 2006 in United States. Flora of the World includes 6 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Podocarpaceae
Genus
Dacrydium
Specific Epithet
cupressinum
Authorship
Sol. ex G.Forst.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Conservation (EDGE)
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 13.4
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
0.6
Global rank
#510 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 →