Retrophyllum minus, not. coll.--New Caledonia. Chute de Madeleine. 489 (17).jpg
Endemic to New Caledonia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
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, South Province
-21.44, 165.352194
Location Remarks
South flank of Me Maoya. Reserve de la Nodela, nord de Bourail. 597 m elev.
Collectors
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 →