Endemic to New Caledonia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
New Caledonia, South
-22.504167, 166
Location Remarks
Sommet du Mont Do.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Martin W. Callmander, Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Sharon R. Christoph
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Araucariaceae
Genus
Araucaria
Specific Epithet
laubenfelsii
Authorship
Corbasson
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 7.5
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.8
Global rank
#230 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 7 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →