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45 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
  • 34,588 are not threatened at present
  • 26,276 are threatened
  • 174 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 129 extinct (EX) species
    • 45 extinct in the wild (EW)
    • 569 possibly extinct
    • 48 possibly extinct in the wild

  1. excludes data deficient evaluations.
  2. NT, LR/cd, LC.
  3. Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU.
  4. Chart omits extinct (EX) species
Near Threatened (NT) species do not currently qualify for Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU), but are likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, or are already close to qualifying.

As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 1851 near threatened plant species. 8.5% of all evaluated plant species are listed as near threatened. The IUCN also lists 51 subspecies and 73 varieties as near threatened. No subpopulations of plants have been evaluated by the IUCN.

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

Bryophytes

There are two bryophyte species assessed as near threatened.

Mosses

Liverworts

Pteridophytes

There are 25 pteridophyte species assessed as near threatened.

Leptosporangiate ferns

Isoetopsida

Lycopodiopsida

Clubmosses and firmosses

Gymnosperms

There are 168 species, two subspecies, and 29 varieties of gymnosperm assessed as near threatened.

Cycads

Species

Subspecies

Conifers

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Gnetopsida

Dicotyledons

There are 1378 species, 44 subspecies, and 41 varieties of dicotyledon assessed as near threatened.

Piperales

Species

Varieties

Campanulales

Theales

There are 45 species and two varieties in Theales assessed as near threatened.

Theaceae

Actinidiaceae

Guttiferae

Species

Varieties

Other Theales species

Malvales

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Lecythidales

Santalales

Species

Varieties

Proteales

Dipsacales

Plumbaginales

Rubiales

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Violales

Euphorbiales

There are 52 species and two varieties in Euphorbiales assessed as near threatened.

Buxaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Species

Varieties

Laurales

There are 40 species, one subspecies, and one variety in the order Laurales assessed as near threatened.

Monimiaceae

Hernandiaceae

Lauraceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Cucurbitales

Ebenales

There are 73 species, five subspecies, and one variety in Ebenales assessed as near threatened.

Symplocaceae

Sapotaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Ebenaceae

Styracaceae

Celastrales

There are 45 species, two subspecies, and two varieties in the order Celastrales assessed as near threatened.

Hollies

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Celastraceae

Dichapetalaceae

Myrtales

There are 80 species and two varieties in the order Myrtales assessed as near threatened.

Myrtaceae

Melastomataceae

Species

Varieties

Combretaceae

Species

Varieties

Thymelaeaceae

Lythraceae

Onagraceae

Sapindales

There are 113 species, six subspecies, and three varieties in the order Sapindales assessed as near threatened.

Rutaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Sapindaceae

Species

Subspecies

Anacardiaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Meliaceae

Species

Subspecies

Burseraceae

Species

Subspecies

Other Sapindales

Species

Subspecies

Asterales

Species

Subspecies

Magnoliales

There are 82 species, eight subspecies, and two varieties in the order Magnoliales assessed as near threatened.

Magnoliaceae

Species

Varieties

Annonaceae

Species

Subspecies

Myristicaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Degeneriaceae

Brassicales

Apiales

There are 35 species, one subspecies, and two varieties in the order Apiales assessed as near threatened.

Araliaceae

Species

Varieties

Umbelliferae

Species

Subspecies

Gentianales

Rosales

There are 38 species, three subspecies, and four varieties in the order Rosales assessed as near threatened.

Cunoniaceae

Species

Varieties

Rosaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Other Rosales

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Primulales

There are 21 species and two varieties in Primulales assessed as near threatened.

Myrsinaceae

Species

Varieties

Theophrastaceae

Primulaceae

Rhamnales

Urticales

Species

Varieties

Solanales

There are 20 species and one subspecies in the order Solanales assessed as near threatened.

Solanaceae

Species

Subspecies

Convolvulaceae

Menyanthaceae

Scrophulariales

There are 48 species, one subspecies, and one variety in the order Scrophulariales assessed as near threatened.

Oleaceae

Species

Subspecies

Gesneriaceae

Species

Varieties

Acanthaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Other Scrophulariales species

Lamiales

There are 33 species, two subspecies, and one variety in the order Lamiales assessed as near threatened.

Verbenaceae

Labiatae

Species

Subspecies

Boraginaceae

Species

Varieties

Nepenthales

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Dilleniales

Ranunculales

Ericales

Species

Subspecies

Podostemales

Fabales

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Caryophyllales

There are 90 species in the order Caryophyllales assessed as near threatened.

Caryophyllaceae

Cactus species

Other Caryophyllales species

Fagales

Species

Subspecies

Other dicotyledons

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Monocotyledons

There are 278 species, five subspecies, and three varieties of monocotyledon assessed as near threatened.

Arecales

Species

Varieties

Orchidales

Orchidaceae

Pandanales

Bromeliales

Liliales

Species

Subspecies

Arales

There are 21 species in Arales assessed as near threatened.

Araceae

Lemnaceae

Zingiberales

Cyperales

There are 45 species, two subspecies, and one variety in Cyperales assessed as near threatened.

Gramineae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Cyperaceae

Species

Subspecies

Other monocotyledons

Species

Subspecies

See also

Notes

  1. Listed by IUCN as Linospadix microcarya.

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. "Illicium stapfii Merr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 5 December 2024.


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