Sciadopitys verticillata--Japan. Toyota Municipal Art Museum. CD19 Jul 03. 042.jpg
Endemic to Japan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Japan, Chubu, Aichi (Toyota, Iwakuracho)
35.039167, 137.185
Location Remarks
Foresta Hills. Address: 1-1, Ipponmatsu, Iwakura-cho, Toyota-shi. 10 minutes drive from Head office of Toyota Motor Corporation Ltd., but there is also access from the Isewangan Expressway, Tokai-Kanjo Expressway, and Tomei Expressway
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Sciadopityaceae
Genus
Sciadopitys
Specific Epithet
verticillata
Authorship
(Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 223.3
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
28.0
Global rank
#7 of 1,090
Top 100 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 223 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →