List of extinct plants

The following is a list of extinct plants only.

Prehistoric extinctions

Extinct plants by geologic period

Devonian

Carboniferous

Permian

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleocene

Eocene

Oligocene

Miocene

Pliocene

Pleistocene

Modern extinctions

Africa

Saint Helena olive (Nesiota elliptica)
  • Acalypha rubrinervis (1870, Saint Helena)
  • Aspalathus complicata (1940s, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Aspalathus cordicarpa (1950s, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Aspalathus variegata (1900, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Barleria natalensis (1900, South Africa) [35]
  • Brachystelma schoenlandianum (1900, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Byttneria ivorensis (1896, Côte d'Ivoire)
  • Cephalophyllum parvulum (1900, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Ceropegia antennifera (1910, South Africa) [35]
  • Ceropegia bowkeri (1900, South Africa) [35]
  • Coffea lemblinii (1907, Côte d'Ivoire)
  • Conophytum semivestitum (1900, South Africa) [35]
  • Crassula subulata (1900, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Cyclopia filiformis (1900, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Disa forcipata (1900, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Dryopteris ascensionis (1889, Ascension Island)
  • Erica alexandri subsp. acockii (1940, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Erica foliacea subsp. fulgens (1900, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Erica pyramidalis var. pyramidalis (1910, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Eugenia pusilla (1920, South Africa) [35]
  • Helichrysum outeniquense (1950, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Heliotropium pannifolium (1808, Saint Helena)
  • Isolepis bulbifera (1950, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Lampranthus vanzijliae (1920, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Leucadendron grandiflorum (1805, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Leucadendron spirale (1930, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Liparia graminifolia (1830, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Macledium pretoriense (1925, South Africa) [35]
  • Macrostylis villosa subsp. minor (1980, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Nemesia micrantha (1900, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Nesiota elliptica (2003, Saint Helena)
  • Oldenlandia adscensionis (1889, Ascension Island)
  • Orchidea eupolyanthis (1910, Cameroon)
  • Osteospermum hirsutum (1900, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Pausinystalia brachythyrsum (1898, Cameroon)
  • Polhillia ignota (1950s, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Psoralea cataracta (1900, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Psoralea gueinzii (1930, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • SilphiumFerula ? (c. 50, Cyrene)
  • Sporobolus durus (1886, Ascension Island)
  • Thamnea depressa (1900, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Trochetiopsis melanoxylon (1771, Saint Helena)
  • Vernonella africana (1900, South Africa) [35]
  • Willdenowia affinis (1920, South Africa: Cape Flora) [35]
  • Xysmalobium baurii (1900, South Africa) [35]

Americas

Asia

Europe

Oceania

  • Hawaii Chaff Flower – Achyranthes atollensis (1964, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Argyroxiphium virescens (1996, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Balanops microstachya (New Caledonia)
  • Casearia tinifolia (1976, Mauritius)
  • Clermontia multiflora (1871, Hawaiian Is.)
  • New Calodonia SapindaCupaniopsis crassivalvis (1869, New Caledonia)
  • Haleakala Cyanea TreeCyanea arborea (1928, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Cyanea comata (late 19th century, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Cyanea cylindrocalyx (1909, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Cyanea dolichopoda (1990, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Giffard's Cyanea TreeCyanea giffardii (1917, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Mark's Cyanea TreeCyanea marksii (1900, Hawaiian Is.) - update in 2016: This plant is endemic to Hawaiʻi, where it has experienced severe and ongoing decline in habitat and numbers due to the impacts of invasive plants and animals. Previously it was believed to be Extinct, but the rediscovery of 12 plants (occurring in two separate subpopulations) resulted in it being downlisted to CR.[37]
  • Pohaku Cyanea TreeCyanea pohaku (1910, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Kohala Cyanea TreeCyanea pycnocarpa (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Oak-leaved Cyanea Tree – Cyanea quercifolia (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Dracaena umbraculifera (Mauritius)
  • Taravai Aster TreeFitchia mangarevensis (1997, Taravai, French Polynesia)
  • Moorea Laurel – Hernandia drakeana (1997, French Polynesia)
  • Kawaihae Hibiscadelphus – Hibiscadelphus bombycinus (1868, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Puhielelu Hibiscadelphus – Hibiscadelphus crucibracteatus (1981, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Auwahi Hibiscadelphus – Hibiscadelphus wilderianus (1910, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Oahu Kokia – Kokia lanceolata (1888, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Cross-bearing Pelea – Melicope cruciata (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Maui Ruta Tree – Melicope haleakalae (1919, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Obovate Melicope – Melicope obovata (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Nuku Hiva Neisosperma – Neisosperma brownii (1997, French Polynesia)
  • Fatu Hiva Ochrosia – Ochrosia fatuhivensis (1997, French Polynesia)
  • Nuku Hiva Ochrosia – Ochrosia nukuhivensis (1997, French Polynesia)
  • Tahiti Ochrosia – Ochrosia tahitensis (1997, French Polynesia)
  • Psychotria veillonii (New Caledonia)
  • Koé Stenocarpus – Stenocarpus dumbeensis (1905, New Caledonia)
  • Norfolk Island Streblorrhiza – Streblorrhiza speciosa (1997, Norfolk Island)
  • Fijian WeinmanniaWeinmannia spiraeoides (1840, Fiji)
  • Skottsberg's Wikstroemia – Wikstroemia skottsbergiana (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Hakeakala WikstroemiaWikstoemia villosa (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
  • Prony Bay XanthostemonXanthostemon sebertii (1869, New Caledonia)

Plants extinct in the wild

Encephalartos woodii
Cosmos atrosanguineus
Sophora toromiro

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Oceania

Extinct plant cultivars

The "Ansault" pear
  • "Ansault" – pear cultivar
  • Semper augustus – tulip traded during tulip mania
  • "Taliaferro" – apple cultivar
  • "Viceroy" – tulip traded during tulip mania

Plants previously thought extinct and subsequently rediscovered

See Lazarus species

  • Badula ovalifolia – from Mauritius. Known in 1830s; collected in 1970 and 1997 but misidentified (Page and D'Argent 1997, IUCN report)/confirmed identity in 2008 (Florens et al., Kew Bulletin)
  • Café marron (Ramosmania rodriguesii) – rediscovered on Rodrigues in 1979
  • Jellyfish tree (Medusagyne oppositifolia) – rediscovered in Seychelles in the 1970s
  • Sichuan Thuja (Thuja sutchuenensis) – rediscovered 1999 (Sichuan, China)
  • Gibraltar Campion (Silene tomentosa) – rediscovered on Gibraltar in 1994
  • Astragalus nitidiflorus (1909, Spain) – rediscovered 2004 (Cartagena, Spain)

Extinct algae

See also

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