List of extinct in the wild plants
As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 37 extinct in the wild plant species.[1] Approximately 0.17% of all evaluated plant species are listed as extinct in the wild. The IUCN also lists two plant subspecies as extinct in the wild.
This is a complete list of extinct in the wild plant species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN. All are vascular plant (tracheophytes).
Pteridophytes
- Diplazium laffanianum, Governor Laffan's fern
Gymnosperms
- Encephalartos brevifoliolatus, Escarpment cycad
- Encephalartos nubimontanus, Blue cycad
- Encephalartos relictus
- Encephalartos woodii, Wood's cycad
Dicotyledons
Species
- Betula szaferi
- Brugmansia arborea
- Brugmansia aurea
- Brugmansia insignis
- Brugmansia sanguinea
- Brugmansia suaveolens
- Brugmansia versicolor
- Brugmansia vulcanicola
- Clermontia peleana, Pele clermontia
- Cyanea pinnatifida
- Cyanea superba, Superb cyanea
- Cyanea truncata, Punaluu 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
- Rhododendron kanehirai
- Senecio leucopeplus
- Sophora toromiro, Toromiro
- Terminalia acuminata
- Trochetiopsis erythroxylon, St Helena redwood
Subspecies
- Clermontia peleana subsp. peleana
- Cyanea superba subsp. superba
Monocotyledons
- Bromus bromoideus
- Bromus interruptus
- Corypha taliera
- Cryosophila williamsii, Lago Yojoa palm
See also
References
- ↑ "IUCN Red List version 2016.1". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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