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Native to China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
Canada, British Columbia (University of British Columbia Botanical Garden)
Location Remarks
6804 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Pinaceae
Genus
Larix
Specific Epithet
griffithii
Authorship
Hook.f.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 11.2
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#441 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 11 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →