List of critically endangered plants

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As of December 2023, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 5702 plant species categorized as Critically Endangered, including 569 which are tagged as possibly extinct and 48 possibly extinct in the wild.{{cite web |title=IUCN Red List version 2023-1 |url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/ |access-date=31 December 2023 |website=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)}}{{cite web |title=Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2023-1) |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/statistics |access-date=31 December 2023 |website=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |publisher=Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)}} 8.6% of all evaluated plant species are listed as critically endangered.

The IUCN also lists 284 subspecies and varieties as critically endangered.

Additionally 5371 plant species (8.1% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient, meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of conservation status. As these species typically have small distributions and/or populations, they are intrinsically likely to be threatened, according to the IUCN.{{cite web|title=Limitations of the Data|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/initiatives/mammals/description/limitations|website=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|publisher=Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)|access-date=11 January 2016}} While the category of data deficient indicates that no assessment of extinction risk has been made for the taxa, the IUCN notes that it may be appropriate to give them "the same degree of attention as threatened taxa, at least until their status can be assessed."{{cite web|title=2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1)|url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/static/categories_criteria_3_1|website=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|publisher=Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)|access-date=11 January 2016}}

This is a complete list of critically endangered plant species, subspecies and varieties evaluated by the IUCN. Species considered possibly extinct by the IUCN are marked as such.

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[[Algae]]

[[Bryophytes]]

There are 24 bryophyte species assessed as critically endangered.

=[[Moss]]es=

=[[Marchantiophyta|Liverworts]]=

[[Pteridophytes]]

There are 67 species and three varieties of pteridophyte assessed as critically endangered.

=[[Polypodiopsida|Leptosporangiate ferns]]=

There are 54 species and three varieties in the class Polypodiopsida assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Polypodiales]]==

There are 49 species and three varieties in the order Polypodiales assessed as critically endangered.

===[[Aspleniaceae]]===

===[[Dryopteridaceae]]===

===[[Polypodiaceae]]===

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Platycerium grande, Giant Staghorn Fern}}

===Other Polypodiales species===

==[[Hymenophyllales]]==

==[[Salviniales]]==

=[[Isoetopsida]]=

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Isoetes dispora

=Other pteridophyte species=

[[Gymnosperm]]s

There are 81 species, five subspecies, and 13 varieties of gymnosperm assessed as critically endangered.

=[[Cycadopsida|Cycads]]=

Species

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Ceratozamia euryphyllidia

Subspecies

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Cycas szechuanensis subsp. fairylakea

=[[Pinopsida|Conifers]]=

Species

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Abies beshanzuensis, Baishan fir

Subspecies

Varieties

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Amentotaxus argotaenia var. brevifolia

[[Dicotyledon]]s

There are 1895 species, 78 subspecies, and 49 varieties of dicotyledon assessed as critically endangered.

=[[Piperales]]=

==[[Piperaceae]]==

=[[Campanulales]]=

There are 62 species and 12 subspecies in Campanulales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Campanulaceae]]==

Species

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Brighamia insignis

Subspecies

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Clermontia oblongifolia subsp. brevipes, Oahu clermontia

==[[Goodeniaceae]]==

=[[Aristolochiales]]=

=[[Theales]]=

There are 295 species and 23 subspecies in Theales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Theaceae]]==

==[[Guttiferae]]==

==Other Theales species==

=[[Malvales]]=

==[[Dipterocarpaceae]]==

Species

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Subspecies

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Anisoptera thurifera subsp. thurifera

==Other Malvales species==

=[[Geraniales]]=

=[[Lecythidales]]=

=[[Polygalales]]=

=[[Santalales]]=

=[[Proteales]]=

Family Proteaceae - 103 species

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Adenanthos detmoldii

Family Sabiaceae - 5 species

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Meliosma caucana

=[[Dipsacales]]=

=[[Plumbaginales]]=

=[[Rubiales (plant)|Rubiales]]=

Species

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Arachnothryx chimboracensis

Subspecies

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Ixora scheffleri subsp. keniensis

Varieties

=[[Violales]]=

=[[Buxales]]=

==[[Buxaceae]]==

=[[Malpighiales]]=

==[[Euphorbiaceae]]==

Species

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Acalypha ecuadorica

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Subspecies

Varieties

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Drypetes usambarica var. rugulosa

==[[Peraceae]]==

=[[Laurales]]=

There are 40 species in the order Laurales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Monimiaceae]]==

==[[Hernandiaceae]]==

==[[Lauraceae]]==

=[[Cucurbitales]]=

=[[Ericales]]=

==[[Ebenaceae]]==

==[[Sapotaceae]]==

==[[Styracaceae]]==

==[[Symplocaceae]]==

=[[Celastrales]]=

There are 29 species and two subspecies in the order Celastrales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Icacinaceae]]==

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Grisollea thomassetii

==[[Aquifoliaceae|Hollies]]==

==[[Celastraceae]]==

==[[Dichapetalaceae]]==

=[[Myrtales]]=

There are 97 species and five varieties in the order Myrtales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Myrtaceae]]==

==[[Melastomataceae]]==

==[[Combretaceae]]==

==[[Thymelaeaceae]]==

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Aquilaria crassna

==[[Trapaceae|Water caltrops]]==

==[[Lythraceae]]==

==[[Onagraceae]]==

=[[Sapindales]]=

There are 70 species, three subspecies, and five varieties in the order Sapindales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Rutaceae]]==

==[[Aceraceae]]==

==[[Sapindaceae]]==

==[[Zygophyllaceae]]==

==[[Anacardiaceae]]==

==[[Meliaceae]]==

==[[Burseraceae]]==

=[[Asterales]]=

Species

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Achyrocline glandulosa

Subspecies

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. sandwicense, Mauna Kea silversword

Varieties

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Bidens hendersonensis var. oenoensis

=[[Magnoliales]]=

There are 63 species and three subspecies in the order Magnoliales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Canellaceae]]==

==[[Magnoliaceae]]==

==[[Annonaceae]]==

==[[Myristicaceae]]==

=[[Brassicales]]=

There are 30 species and one variety in Capparales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Capparaceae]]==

==[[Cruciferae]]==

=[[Apiales]]=

There are 51 species and two varieties in the order Apiales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Araliaceae]]==

==[[Umbelliferae]]==

=[[Gentianales]]=

There are 41 species, two subspecies, and one variety in the order Gentianales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Apocynaceae]]==

==[[Loganiaceae]]==

==[[Asclepiadaceae]]==

==[[Gentianaceae]]==

=[[Rosales]]=

There are 48 species, two subspecies, and one variety in the order Rosales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Chrysobalanaceae]]==

==[[Rosaceae]]==

==Other Rosales==

=[[Primulales]]=

There are 28 species and one variety in Primulales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Myrsinaceae]]==

==[[Theophrastaceae]]==

==[[Primulaceae]]==

=[[Rhamnales]]=

=[[Solanales]]=

=[[Scrophulariales]]=

There are 75 species, two subspecies, and one variety in the order Scrophulariales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Oleaceae]]==

==[[Gesneriaceae]]==

==[[Bignoniaceae]]==

==[[Acanthaceae]]==

==[[Scrophulariaceae]]==

==Other Scrophulariales species==

=[[Lamiales]]=

There are 64 species and three varieties in the order Lamiales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Verbenaceae]]==

==[[Labiatae]]==

==[[Boraginaceae]]==

=[[Nepenthales]]=

=[[Ranunculales]]=

=[[Polygonales]]=

=[[Podostemales]]=

=[[Fabales]]=

Species

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Acacia anegadensis, Pokemeboy

Subspecies

Varieties

=[[Caryophyllales]]=

There are 145 species, two subspecies, and one variety in the order Caryophyllales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Caryophyllaceae]]==

==[[Cactaceae|Cactus]]==

Species

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Acharagma aguirreanum

Subspecies

==Other Caryophyllales==

=[[Fagales]]=

=Other dicotyledons=

[[Monocotyledon]]s

There are 421 species, six subspecies, and five varieties of monocotyledon assessed as critically endangered.

=[[Arecales]]=

Species

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Acanthophoenix rubra

Varieties

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Dictyosperma album var. album

=[[Orchidales]]=

There are 167 species and one subspecies in Orchidales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Orchidaceae]]==

Species

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|*Aeranthes albidiflora (possibly extinct)

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Subspecies

==[[Burmanniaceae]]==

=[[Pandanales]]=

=[[Bromeliales]]=

=[[Liliales]]=

=[[Arales]]=

==[[Araceae]]==

=[[Zingiberales]]=

=[[Eriocaulales]]=

=[[Commelinales]]=

=[[Cyperales]]=

There are 37 species, two subspecies, and two varieties in Cyperales assessed as critically endangered.

==[[Gramineae]]==

==[[Cyperaceae]]==

=Other monocotyledons=

See also

References

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