List of recently extinct plants

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Circle frame.svg46 extinct in the wild plant species (0.06%)6445 critically endangered plant species (8.4%)12707 endangered plant species (16.5%)10596 vulnerable plant species (13.8%)4880 near threatened plant species (6.3%)35732 least concern plant species (46.5%)6317 data deficient plant species (8.2%)
Plant species (IUCN, 2025.2)
  • 76,864 extant species have been evaluated
  • 70,547 of those are fully assessed [a]
  • 40,612 are not threatened at present [b]
  • 29,935 are threatened [c]
  • 187 to 892 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 141 extinct (EX) species [d]
    • 46 extinct in the wild (EW)
    • 648 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
    • 57 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 116 recently extinct plant species, 132 possibly extinct species, 35 extinct in the wild species, 13 possibly extinct in the wild species, five extinct subspecies, one extinct in the wild subspecies, and four extinct varieties. [1] [2]

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Algae

Extinct species:

Possibly extinct species:

Bryophytes

There are three bryophyte extinct species evaluated by the IUCN.

Mosses

Extinct species:

Pteridophytes

Extinct species:

Possibly extinct species:

Extinct in the wild species

Gymnosperms

Possibly extinct species:

Extinct in the wild species:

Dicotyledons

Extinct species:

Possibly extinct species:

Extinct in the wild species:

Possibly extinct in the wild species:

Extinct subspecies:

Extinct in the wild subspecies:

Extinct varieties:

Monocotyledons

Extinct species:

Possibly extinct species:

Extinct in the wild species:

Possibly extinct in the wild species:

Extinct varieties

See also

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. ↑ "Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2016-2)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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