Native to Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Queensland; introduced into Ivory Coast, Mauritius (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)
36.728611, 2.194444
Location Remarks
70 St. Thomas Road, Durban
Collectors
No collectors specified
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 9.0
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#522 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 9 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →