HomeFamiliesPodocarpaceaeDacrydium
Occurrence
Least Concern

No record number

June 24, 2006

United States

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.

Dacrydium cupressinum--CA. Mendocino Co. Mendocino Coast Bot. Garden. 25 Jun 06. 123.jpg

Dacrydium cupressinum--CA. Mendocino Co. Mendocino Coast Bot. Garden. 25 Jun 06. 123.jpg

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Pinopsida

Order

Pinales

Family

Podocarpaceae

Genus

Dacrydium

Specific Epithet

cupressinum

Authorship

Sol. ex G.Forst.

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

Least Concern

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 →