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.
Retrophyllum minus, not. coll.--New Caledonia. Chute de Madeleine. 489 (17).jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Podocarpaceae
Genus
Retrophyllum
Specific Epithet
minus
Authorship
(Carrière) C.N.Page
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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, 166.000000
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
-21.440000, 165.352194
Location Remarks
South flank of Me Maoya. Reserve de la Nodela, nord de Bourail. 597 m elev.
Collectors
No collectors specified
