Austrocedrus chilensis, W. D. Stevens 34098--Chile, Puente Polcura, 17 Feb 2013 8428 (10).JPG
Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Chile, Bio Bio, Bio Bio
-37.313333, -71.589444
Location Remarks
Comuna Tucapel, 12.1 km E of Polcura along road to El Abanico, 4.3 km W of Puente Polcura; moss and lichen covered rock outcrops and edge of low forest with Quillaja dominant. 647 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel
Notes
Trees mostly 4-8 m tall, narrowly conical, cones green to brown.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Austrocedrus
Specific Epithet
chilensis
Authorship
(D.Don) Pic.Serm. & Bizzarri
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 28.6
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
3.5
Global rank
#94 of 1,090
Top 100 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 29 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →