List of critically endangered plants

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Circle frame.svg45 extinct in the wild plant species (0.1%)5702 critically endangered plant species (8.6%)10901 endangered plant species (16.4%)9673 vulnerable plant species (14.5%)4160 near threatened plant species (6.3%)30554 least concern plant species (45.9%)5371 data deficient plant species (8.1%)
Plant species (IUCN, 2023-1)
  • 66,406 extant species have been evaluated
  • 61,035 of those are fully assessed [a]
  • 34,588 are not threatened at present [b]
  • 26,276 are threatened [c]
  • 174 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 129 extinct (EX) species [d]
    • 45 extinct in the wild (EW)
    • 569 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
    • 48 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]
  1. ↑ excludes data deficient evaluations.
  2. ↑ NT, LR/cd, LC.
  3. ↑ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU.
  4. ↑ Chart omits extinct (EX) species
Critically Endangered (CR) species face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. Status iucn3.1 CR.svg
Critically Endangered (CR) species face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

As of December 2023, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 5702 plant species categorized as Critically Endangered, including 569 which are tagged as possibly extinct and 48 possibly extinct in the wild. [1] [2] 8.6% of all evaluated plant species are listed as critically endangered. The IUCN also lists 284 subspecies and varieties as critically endangered.

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Additionally 5371 plant species (8.1% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient , meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of conservation status. As these species typically have small distributions and/or populations, they are intrinsically likely to be threatened, according to the IUCN. [3] While the category of data deficient indicates that no assessment of extinction risk has been made for the taxa, the IUCN notes that it may be appropriate to give them "the same degree of attention as threatened taxa, at least until their status can be assessed." [4]

This is a complete list of critically endangered plant species, subspecies and varieties evaluated by the IUCN. Species considered possibly extinct by the IUCN are marked as such.

Algae

Bryophytes

There are 23 bryophyte species assessed as critically endangered.

Mosses

Liverworts

Pteridophytes

There are 67 species and three varieties of pteridophyte assessed as critically endangered.

Leptosporangiate ferns

There are 54 species and three varieties in the class Polypodiopsida assessed as critically endangered.

Polypodiales

There are 49 species and three varieties in the order Polypodiales assessed as critically endangered.

Aspleniaceae
Dryopteridaceae

Species

Varieties

Polypodiaceae
Other Polypodiales species

Hymenophyllales

Salviniales

Isoetopsida

Other pteridophyte species

Gymnosperms

There are 81 species, five subspecies, and 13 varieties of gymnosperm assessed as critically endangered.

Cycads

Species

Subspecies

Conifers

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Dicotyledons

There are 1895 species, 78 subspecies, and 49 varieties of dicotyledon assessed as critically endangered.

Piperales

Piperaceae

Species

Varieties

Campanulales

There are 62 species and 12 subspecies in Campanulales assessed as critically endangered.

Campanulaceae

Species

Subspecies

Goodeniaceae

Aristolochiales

Theales

There are 295 species and 23 subspecies in Theales assessed as critically endangered.

Dipterocarpaceae

Species

Subspecies

Theaceae

Guttiferae

Other Theales species

Malvales

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Geraniales

Lecythidales

Species

Subspecies

Polygalales

Species

Subspecies

Santalales

Species

Varieties

Proteales

Family Proteaceae - 103 species

Family Sabiaceae - 5 species

Dipsacales

Plumbaginales

Rubiales

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Violales

Species

Subspecies

Euphorbiales

There are 74 species, two subspecies, and ten varieties in Euphorbiales assessed as critically endangered.

Peraceae

Buxaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Laurales

There are 40 species in the order Laurales assessed as critically endangered.

Monimiaceae

Hernandiaceae

Lauraceae

Cucurbitales

Species

Subspecies

Ebenales

There are 46 species in Ebenales assessed as critically endangered.

Symplocaceae

Sapotaceae

Ebenaceae

Styracaceae

Celastrales

There are 29 species and two subspecies in the order Celastrales assessed as critically endangered.

Icacinaceae

Hollies

Species

Subspecies

Celastraceae

Dichapetalaceae

Myrtales

There are 97 species and five varieties in the order Myrtales assessed as critically endangered.

Myrtaceae

Species

Varieties

Melastomataceae

Combretaceae

Species

Varieties

Thymelaeaceae

Water caltrops

Lythraceae

Onagraceae

Sapindales

There are 70 species, three subspecies, and five varieties in the order Sapindales assessed as critically endangered.

Rutaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Aceraceae

Species

Varieties

Sapindaceae

Species

Varieties

Zygophyllaceae

Anacardiaceae

Meliaceae

Species

Subspecies

Burseraceae

Asterales

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Magnoliales

There are 63 species and three subspecies in the order Magnoliales assessed as critically endangered.

Canellaceae

Magnoliaceae

Species

Subspecies

Annonaceae

Species

Subspecies

Myristicaceae

Brassicales

There are 30 species and one variety in Capparales assessed as critically endangered.

Capparaceae

Cruciferae

Species

Varieties

Apiales

There are 51 species and two varieties in the order Apiales assessed as critically endangered.

Araliaceae

Species

Varieties

Umbelliferae

Gentianales

There are 41 species, two subspecies, and one variety in the order Gentianales assessed as critically endangered.

Apocynaceae

Loganiaceae

Species

Varieties

Asclepiadaceae

Species

Subspecies

Gentianaceae

Rosales

There are 48 species, two subspecies, and one variety in the order Rosales assessed as critically endangered.

Chrysobalanaceae

Rosaceae

Species

Subspecies

Other Rosales

Species

Varieties

Primulales

There are 28 species and one variety in Primulales assessed as critically endangered.

Myrsinaceae

Theophrastaceae

Species

Varieties

Primulaceae

Rhamnales

Species

Varieties

Urticales

Species

Varieties

Solanales

Species

Varieties

Scrophulariales

There are 75 species, two subspecies, and one variety in the order Scrophulariales assessed as critically endangered.

Oleaceae

Gesneriaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Bignoniaceae

Acanthaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Other Scrophulariales species

Lamiales

There are 64 species and three varieties in the order Lamiales assessed as critically endangered.

Verbenaceae

Labiatae

Species

Varieties

Boraginaceae

Nepenthales

Species

Subspecies

Ranunculales

Species

Varieties

Polygonales

Podostemales

Fabales

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Caryophyllales

There are 145 species, two subspecies, and one variety in the order Caryophyllales assessed as critically endangered.

Caryophyllaceae

Species

Subspecies

Cactus

Species

Subspecies

Other Caryophyllales

Species

Varieties

Fagales

Species

Subspecies

Other dicotyledons

Species

Varieties

Monocotyledons

There are 421 species, six subspecies, and five varieties of monocotyledon assessed as critically endangered.

Arecales

Species

Varieties

Orchidales

There are 167 species and one subspecies in Orchidales assessed as critically endangered.

Orchidaceae

Species

Subspecies

Burmanniaceae

Pandanales

Bromeliales

Liliales

Species

Subspecies

Arales

Araceae

Species

Subspecies

Zingiberales

Eriocaulales

Commelinales

Cyperales

There are 37 species, two subspecies, and two varieties in Cyperales assessed as critically endangered.

Gramineae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Cyperaceae

Species

Varieties

Other monocotyledons

Species

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ "IUCN Red List version 2023-1". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2023-1)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Limitations of the Data". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Farjon, A. (2013). "Pinus torreyana subsp. torreyana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013: e.T34015A2840365. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T34015A2840365.en . Retrieved 27 September 2020.


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