Cycas rumphii--Sabah. Sapi Isl. 9 Mar 1970. IMG028a (1).JPG
Cycas rumphii--Sabah. Sapi Isl. 9 Mar 1970. IMG028a.JPG
Cycas rumphii--So Afr. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 019.jpg
Cycas rumphii--So Afr. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 016.jpg
Cycas rumphii--So Afr. Durban Bot. Gard. 3 Oct 03. 020.jpg
Native to Borneo, Christmas I., Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Sulawesi, Western Australia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, Durban Botanic Garden)
-29.84663, 31.00417
Location Remarks
70 St. Thomas Road, Durban
Collectors
Location
Malaysia, Sabah (Beaufort)
5.320222, 115.660917
Location Remarks
Sepilok Forest Reserve. Bird Trail. Mixed dipterocarp forest. 33 m elev.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Cycadaceae
Genus
Cycas
Specific Epithet
rumphii
Authorship
Miq.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 5.3
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#506 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 5 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →