Stangeria eriopus--So. Afr. Durban Bot. Gard. 7 Oct 03. 015.jpg
Native to Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz, Franz Tamayo (Durban Botanic Gardens)
36.728611, 2.194444
Location Remarks
70 St. Thomas Road, Durban
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Hibiscus Coast NU)
-31.006667, 30.177222
Location Remarks
Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Cycadopsida
Order
Cycadales
Family
Zamiaceae
Genus
Stangeria
Specific Epithet
eriopus
Authorship
(Kunze) Baill.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 50.8
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
12.2
Global rank
#22 of 1,090
Top 100 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 51 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →