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formosensis

Taxon

Chamaecyparis formosensis Matsum.

Protologue Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15: 137. 1901BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE • Endangered
Chamaecyparis formosensis, 65.0338--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 020.jpg

Chamaecyparis formosensis, 65.0338--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 020.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Chamaecyparis formosensis, 65.0338--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 019.jpg

Chamaecyparis formosensis, 65.0338--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 019.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chamaecyparis formosensis, 65.0338--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 017.jpg

Chamaecyparis formosensis, 65.0338--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 017.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Chamaecyparis formosensis, 65.0338--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 018.jpg

Chamaecyparis formosensis, 65.0338--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 018.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Taiwan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

65.0338

February 10, 2004

Location

United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)

37.87544, -122.238724

Location Remarks

Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Pinopsida

Order

Pinales

Family

Cupressaceae

Genus

Chamaecyparis

Specific Epithet

formosensis

Authorship

Matsum.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 5.1

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

EDGE List

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

2.5

Global rank

#163 of 1,090

Top 1,000 globally

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 4 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →