List of recently extinct plants
- Extinct in the wild (EW): 37 species
- Critically endangered (CR): 2,493 species
- Endangered (EN): 3,654 species
- Vulnerable (VU): 5,430 species
- Near threatened (NT, LR/cd): 1,851 species
- Least concern (LC): 6,645 species
- Data deficient (DD): 1,674 species
Plant species (IUCN, 2016-2)
- 21,782 extant species have been evaluated
- 20,108 of those are fully assessed[a]
- 8496 are not threatened at present[b]
- 11,577 to 13,251 are threatened[c]
- 151 to 296 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
- 116 extinct (EX) species[d]
- 35 extinct in the wild (EW)
- 132 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
- 13 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]
- ^ excludes data deficient evaluations.
- ^ NT, LR/cd, LC.
- ^ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
- ^ Chart omits extinct (EX) species
As of September 2016, the
Algae
Extinct species:
- Vanvoorstia bennettiana, Bennett's seaweed
Possibly extinct species:
Bryophytes
There are three
bryophyte
extinct species evaluated by the IUCN.
Mosses
Extinct species:
- Flabellidium spinosum
- Neomacounia nitida
Pteridophytes
Extinct species:
Possibly extinct species:
Extinct in the wild species
- Diplazium laffanianum, Governor Laffan's fern
Gymnosperms
Possibly extinct species:
- Cycas fugax
- Encephalartos cerinus, Waxen cycad
- Encephalartos hirsutus, Venda cycad
- Encephalartos inopinus, Lydenburg cycad
- Podocarpus perrieri
Extinct in the wild species:
- Encephalartos brevifoliolatus, Escarpment cycad
- Encephalartos nubimontanus, Blue cycad
- Encephalartos relictus
- Encephalartos woodii, Wood's cycad
Dicotyledons
Extinct species:
- Acaena exigua
- Acalypha dikuluwensis
- Acalypha rubrinervis, Stringwood
- Acalypha wilderi
- Achyranthes atollensis
- Argocoffeopsis lemblinii
- Argyroxiphium virescens
- Basananthe cupricola
- Begonia eiromischa, Woolly-stalked begonia
- Blutaparon rigidum, Galapagos amaranth
- Byttneria ivorensis
- Campomanesia lundiana
- Casearia quinduensis
- Casearia tinifolia
- Centaurea pseudoleucolepis
- Chrysophyllum januariense
- Clermontia multiflora
- Cnidoscolus fragrans
- Commidendrum gummiferum
- Corynanthe brachythyrsus
- Cupaniopsis crassivalvis
- Cyanea arborea, Tree cyanea
- Cyanea comata
- Cyanea cylindrocalyx
- Cyanea dolichopoda
- Cyanea eleeleensis
- Cyanea giffardii, Giffard's cyanea
- Cyanea linearifolia
- Cyanea mauiensis
- Cyanea minutiflora
- Cyanea parvifolia
- Cyanea pohaku
- Cyanea pycnocarpa
- Cyanea quercifolia, Oakleaf cyanea
- Cyanea sessilifolia
- Cyrtandra olona
- Delilia inelegans
- Delissea niihauensis
- Delissea subcordata
- Delissea undulata, Undulata delissea
- Dipterocarpus cinereus
- Euphrasia mendoncae
- Fitchia mangarevensis
- Galipea ossana
- Gomidesia cambessedeana
- Guettarda retusa
- Heliotropium pannifolium, St Helena heliotrope
- Hernandia drakeana
- Hibiscadelphus bombycinus, Kawaihae hibiscadelphus
- Hibiscadelphus crucibracteatus
- Hibiscadelphus wilderianus
- Hopea shingkeng
- Kokia lanceolata
- Lepidium amissum, Waitakere scurvy grass
- Lepidium obtusatum
- Licania caldasiana
- Logania depressa
- Madhuca insignis
- Marshallia grandiflora - Appalachian Barbara's buttons
- Melicope cruciata, Cross-bearing pelea
- Melicope haleakalae
- Melicope macropus
- Melicope nealae
- Melicope obovata, Obovate melicope
- Melicope paniculata
- Myosotis laingii, Waiautoa forget-me-not
- Myrcia skeldingii
- Nesiota elliptica, Saint Helena olive
- Oldenlandia adscensionis
- Ormosia howii
- Otophora unilocularis
- Pluchea glutinosa
- Pouteria stenophylla
- Pradosia glaziovii
- Pradosia mutisii
- Psiadia schweinfurthii
- Psidium dumetorum
- Sanicula kauaiensis
- Santalum fernandezianum
- Schiedea amplexicaulis
- Sicyos villosus
- Stellaria elatinoides
- Stenocarpus dumbeensis
- Sterculia khasiana
- Streblorrhiza speciosa
- Trilepidea adamsii, Adams mistletoe
- Trochetiopsis melanoxylon, St Helena ebony tree
- Valerianella affinis
- Vernonia sechellensis
- Viola cryana
- Weinmannia spiraeoides
- Wikstroemia hanalei
- Wikstroemia skottsbergiana, Skottsberg's wikstroemia
- Xanthostemon sebertii
Possibly extinct species:
- Aeschynomene ruspoliana
- Aetheolaena hypoleuca
- Aetheolaena ledifolia
- Aetheolaena pichinchensis
- Agelanthus rondensis
- Alnus henryi
- Amsinckia marginata
- Anisopappus burundiensis
- Artemisia kauaiensis
- Aspidostemon inconspicuus
- Aster quitensis
- Baccharis fusca
- Betula gynoterminalis
- Callerya neocaledonica
- Canavalia veillonii
- Centropogon brachysiphoniatus
- Clitoria andrei
- Cotula myriophylloides
- Cyanea kolekoleensis
- Cyrtandra crenata
- Dalea sabinalis, Sabinal prairie-clover
- Delissea takeuchii
- Delonix tomentosa
- Devillea flagelliformis
- Dicoma pretoriensis
- Diospyros katendei
- Dipterocarpus grandiflorus
- Dorstenia bicaudata
- Dubautia kenwoodii
- Egletes humifusa
- Elaphandra retroflexa
- Eugenia albida
- Eugenia guayaquilensis
- Eugenia scheffleri
- Euphorbia alcicornis
- Euphorbia boinensis
- Euphorbia neospinescens
- Euphorbia pirahazo
- Hunteria hexaloba
- Hymenodictyon seyrigii
- Kunkeliella psilotoclada
- Lijndenia brenanii
- Magnolia dixonii
- Magnolia emarginata
- Manettia canescens
- Manettia holwayi
- Matelea ecuadorensis
- Maytenus manabiensis
- Miconia longisetosa
- Miconia scabra
- Mikania iserniana
- Mikania seemannii
- Mimosa kitrokala
- Peperomia dauleana
- Peperomia petraea
- Phyllostegia kahiliensis
- Phyllostegia knudsenii
- Piper molliusculum
- Plectranthus scopulicola
- Polygala quitensis
- Prestonia schumanniana
- Rhynchosia ledermannii
- Senecio navugabensis
- Shorea dispar
- Siphocampylus loxensis
- Solanum semicoalitum
- Stereospermum zenkeri
- Steriphoma urbani
- Tournefortia obtusiflora
- Triaspis schliebenii
- Uvaria decidua
- Vatica xishuangbannaensis
- Viburnum divaricatum
- Xylosma serrata
Extinct in the wild species:
- Betula szaferi
- Brugmansia arborea
- Brugmansia aurea
- Brugmansia insignis
- Brugmansia sanguinea
- Brugmansia suaveolens
- Brugmansia versicolor
- Brugmansia vulcanicola
- Cyanea pinnatifida
- Cyanea superba, Superb cyanea
- Cyrtandra waiolani, Fuzzyflower cyrtandra
- Erythroxylum echinodendron
- Euphorbia mayurnathanii
- Firmiana major
- Franklinia alatamaha, Franklin tree
- Kokia cookei, Cooke's kokio
- Lachanodes arborea, She cabbage tree
- Lysimachia minoricensis
- Mangifera casturi, Kalimantan mango
- Mangifera rubropetala
- Nymphaea thermarum
- Ochrosia brownii
- Rhododendron kanehirai
- Senecio leucopeplus
- Sophora toromiro, Toromiro
- Terminalia acuminata
- Trochetiopsis erythroxylon, St Helena redwood
Possibly extinct in the wild species:
Extinct subspecies:
Extinct in the wild subspecies:
Extinct varieties:
Monocotyledons
Extinct species:
- Cyperus rockii
- Musa fitzalanii
- Govenia floridana
- Oeceoclades seychellarum
- Sporobolus durus
- Podophorus bromoides
Possibly extinct species:
- Aechmea cymosopaniculata
- Aeranthes albidiflora
- Andropogon benthamianus
- Angraecum mahavavense
- Angraecum muscicolum
- Angraecum perhumile
- Angraecum potamophilum
- Angraecum rigidifolium
- Angraecum rubellum
- Angraecum serpens
- Angraecum sterrophyllum
- Benthamia nigro-vaginata
- Bulbophyllum erythroglossum
- Bulbophyllum hirsutiusculum
- Bulbophyllum minax
- Bulbophyllum sanguineum
- Bulbophyllum tampoketsense
- Bulbophyllum zaratananae
- Cynorkis bimaculata
- Cynorkis catatii
- Cynorkis rolfei
- Cynorkis sylvatica
- Cynorkis usambarae
- Cyperus chionocephalus
- Cyperus multifolius
- Diaphananthe orientalis
- Disperis bosseri
- Disperis egregia
- Dypsis brittiana
- Eleocharis lepta
- Eulophia grandidieri
- Guzmania lepidota
- Guzmania poortmanii
- Guzmania striata
- Panicum pearsonii
- Philodendron balaoanum
- Polystachya acuminata
- Polystachya canaliculata
- Polystachya porphyrochila
- Polystachya rugosilabia
- Tridactyle sarcodantha
Extinct in the wild species:
- Bromus bromoideus
- Corypha taliera
- Cryosophila williamsii, Lago Yojoa palm
Possibly extinct in the wild species:
Extinct varieties
See also
- List of least concern plants
- List of near threatened plants
- List of vulnerable plants
- List of endangered plants
- List of critically endangered plants
- List of data deficient plants
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.