Family:
Podocarpaceae Endl.
Genus:
Parasitaxus de Laub.

Parasitaxus usta (Vieill.) de Laub.

This species is accepted, and its native range is New Caledonia.

[EDGE]

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

Conservation
Parasitaxus ustus is rated as Vulnerable (VU) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of 1.7, which places it in position 139 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 109.34, ranked 6. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

Native to:

New Caledonia

Parasitaxus usta (Vieill.) de Laub. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Jul 1, 2007 Baumann-Bodenheim, M.G. [14846], New Caledonia K000289026
Jul 1, 2007 Veillon, J.-M. [7931], New Caledonia K000289024
Jul 1, 2007 de Laubenfels, D.J. [P165], New Caledonia K000289022
May 1, 2006 Vieillard, E. [1267], New Caledonia K000287620 isotype
Dec 1, 1996 Mackee, H.S. [27501], New Caledonia K000289025
Jan 1, 1972 Mackee, H.S. [3505], New Caledonia K000289021
Jan 1, 1972 Mackee, H.S. [17060], New Caledonia K000289023
Baker, W.J. [1071], New Caledonia 76605.000

First published in Fl. Nouv.-Calédonie & Dépend. 4: 45 (1972)

Accepted by

  • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 2: 533-1111. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

  • EDGE Gymnosperms

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/