Chamaecyparis formosensis, 65.0338--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 10 Feb 04. 020.jpg
Endemic to Taiwan (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
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
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Chamaecyparis
Specific Epithet
formosensis
Authorship
Matsum.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 5.1
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
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 →