Encephalartos laurentianus--Cameroon. Limbe Garden . 12 Oct. 04. 108.jpg
Native to Angola, DR Congo (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Cameroon, Southwest, Antsiranana (Limbe, Limbe Botanic Garden)
4.018898, 9.197624
Location Remarks
City of Limbe
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Encephalartos
Specific Epithet
laurentianus
Authorship
De Wild.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#889 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 0 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →