List of recently extinct plants

As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 116 extinct species, 132 possibly extinct species, 35 extinct in the wild species, 13 possibly extinct in the wild species, five extinct subspecies, one extinct in the wild subspecies, and four extinct varieties of plant.[1][2]

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Plant species (IUCN, 2023-1)
  • 66,406 extant species have been evaluated
  • 61,035 of those are fully assessed[a]
  • 34,588 are not threatened at present[b]
  • 26,276 are threatened[c]
  • 174 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 129 extinct (EX) species[d]
    • 45 extinct in the wild (EW)
    • 569 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
    • 48 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]

  1. ^ excludes data deficient evaluations.
  2. ^ NT, LR/cd, LC.
  3. ^ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU.
  4. ^ Chart omits extinct (EX) species

Algae

Extinct species:

Possibly extinct species:

Bryophytes

There are three bryophyte extinct species evaluated by the IUCN.

Mosses

Extinct species:

Pteridophytes

Extinct species:

Possibly extinct species:

Extinct in the wild species

Gymnosperms

Possibly extinct species:

Extinct in the wild species:

Dicotyledons

Extinct species:

Possibly extinct species:

Extinct in the wild species:

Possibly extinct in the wild species:

Extinct subspecies:

Extinct in the wild subspecies:

Extinct varieties:

Monocotyledons

Extinct species:

Possibly extinct species:

Extinct in the wild species:

Possibly extinct in the wild species:

Extinct varieties

See also

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. ^ "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.