Parasitaxus usta--New Caledonia. Mont Dzumac. 12 Nov 2015. DSC01563 (15).JPG
Endemic to New Caledonia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
New Caledonia, Province Sud
-22.030611, 166.467667
Location Remarks
Mt. Dzumac, along road toward Mt. Ouin, just beyond the junction with the road into the Ouinné River Valley. Dense forest just below road. Non-ultramafic substrate. 910 m elev.
Collectors
Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Martin W. Callmander, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Bruce Gray, Daniel Letocart, Irène Letocart, David Bruy
Notes
Heavily branched, small tree; entirely violet-purple. Deep shade of podocarp (Falcatifolium) forest.
Location
New Caledonia, South
-22.504167, 166
Location Remarks
Sommet du Mont Do.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Podocarpaceae
Genus
Parasitaxus
Specific Epithet
usta
Authorship
(Vieill.) de Laub.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 101.6
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
24.4
Global rank
#9 of 1,090
Top 100 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 101 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →