Retrophyllum minus, not. coll.--New Caledonia. Chute de Madeleine. 489 (17).jpg
Retrophyllum minus (Carrière) C.N.Page belongs to the Podocarpaceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Podocarpaceae
Genus
Retrophyllum
Specific Epithet
minus
Authorship
(Carrière) C.N.Page
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 7.2
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
3.2
Global rank
#110 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 →Location
New Caledonia, South
-22.504167, 166
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
Location
New Caledonia
-21.44, 165.352194
Location Remarks
South flank of Me Maoya. Reserve de la Nodela, nord de Bourail. 597 m elev.
Collectors
No collectors specified
