Cupressaceae
Libocedrus

Libocedrus plumosa (D.Don) Druce

First published in Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 633 (1917)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New Zealand North Island to N. New Zealand South Island. It is a tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/34146/2847823

Conservation
NT - near threatened
[IUCN]

Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.

Conservation
Libocedrus plumosa is rated as Near Threatened (NT) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -3.23, which places it in position 546 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 9.87, ranked 214. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.
[EDGE]

Sources

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

    • EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0