List of data deficient 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

As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 1674 data deficient plant species. [1] 7.6% of all evaluated plant species are listed as data deficient. The IUCN also lists 18 subspecies and 57 varieties as data deficient. No subpopulations of plants have been evaluated by the IUCN.

Contents

This is a complete list of data deficient plant species, subspecies and varieties evaluated by the IUCN.

Algae

There are 49 alga species evaluated as data deficient.

Green algae

Red algae

Charophyta

Bryophytes

There are seven bryophyte species evaluated as data deficient.

Mosses

Liverworts

Pteridophytes

There are 58 pteridophyte species evaluated as data deficient.

Leptosporangiate ferns

There are 50 species in the class Polypodiopsida evaluated as data deficient.

Polypodiales

There are 42 species in the order Polypodiales evaluated as data deficient.

Dryopteridaceae
Polypodiaceae
Blechnaceae
Tectariaceae
Other Polypodiales species

Hymenophyllales

Cyatheales

Isoetopsida

Gymnosperms

There are 20 species and 16 varieties of gymnosperm evaluated as data deficient.

Cycads

Conifers

Species

Varieties

Gnetopsida

Dicotyledons

There are 1087 species, 17 subspecies, and 36 varieties of dicotyledon evaluated as data deficient.

Piperales

Species

Varieties

Campanulales

Theales

Species

Varieties

Malvales

Species

Varieties

Polygalales

Rubiales

Species

Varieties

Violales

Euphorbiales

Euphorbiaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Laurales

Ebenales

Myrtales

Species

Varieties

Sapindales

There are 33 species, one subspecies, and one variety in the order Sapindales evaluated as data deficient.

Rutaceae

Species

Varieties

Sapindaceae

Anacardiaceae

Meliaceae

Other Sapindales

Species

Subspecies

Asterales

Species

Subspecies

Magnoliales

There are 112 species, one subspecies, and one variety in the order Magnoliales evaluated as data deficient.

Magnoliaceae

Annonaceae

Species

Varieties

Myristicaceae

Species

Subspecies

Brassicales

There are 41 species in Capparales evaluated as data deficient.

Capparaceae

Cruciferae

Apiales

Gentianales

Species

Varieties

Rosales

There are 37 species in the order Rosales evaluated as data deficient.

Rosaceae

Other Rosales species

Primulales

There are 21 species in Primulales evaluated as data deficient.

Myrsinaceae

Primulaceae

Solanales

Species

Varieties

Scrophulariales

There are 70 species in the order Scrophulariales evaluated as data deficient.

Oleaceae

Gesneriaceae

Myoporaceae

Acanthaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Lentibulariaceae

Lamiales

Species

Varieties

Nepenthales

Ranunculales

Podostemales

Fabales

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Caryophyllales

There are 146 species and one subspecies in the order Caryophyllales evaluated as data deficient.

Caryophyllaceae

Species

Subspecies

Cactus species

Other Caryophyllales species

Fagales

There are 52 species, eight subspecies, and nine varieties in the order Fagales evaluated as data deficient.

Fagaceae

Betulaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Callitrichales

Other dicotyledons

Species

Subspecies

Monocotyledons

There are 453 species, one subspecies, and five varieties of monocotyledon evaluated as data deficient.

Arecales

Orchidales

There are 57 species and one variety in Orchidales evaluated as data deficient.

Orchidaceae

Burmanniaceae

Varieties

Cyclanthales

Pandanales

Species

Varieties

Bromeliales

Liliales

There are 97 species in the order Liliales evaluated as data deficient.

Iridaceae

Aloaceae

Liliaceae

Alliaceae

Other Liliales species

Arales

There are 88 species in Arales evaluated as data deficient.

Araceae

Lemnaceae

Zingiberales

There are 17 species and two varieties in the order Zingiberales evaluated as data deficient.

Heliconiaceae

Zingiberaceae

Species

Varieties

Eriocaulales

Commelinales

Cyperales

There are 70 species, one subspecies, and one variety in Cyperales evaluated as data deficient.

Gramineae

Cyperaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Alismatales

Najadales

Juncales

Hydrocharitales

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Listed by IUCN as Clinostigma savoryana.

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References

  1. ↑ "IUCN Red List version 2016-2". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mammillaria mercadensis Patoni". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2024-11-30.
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