Podocarpus novae-caledoniae Vieill. belongs to the Podocarpaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Podocarpaceae
Genus
Podocarpus
Specific Epithet
novae-caledoniae
Authorship
Vieill.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 5.8
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#690 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 6 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →Location
New Caledonia, South
-22.504167, 166.000000
Location Remarks
Sommet du Mont Do.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Martin W. Callmander, Sven Buerki, Laure Barrabe, D. Garnier, Porter P. Lowry II, Sharon R. Christoph