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)]
^ excludes data deficient evaluations.
^ NT, LR/cd, LC.
^ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU.
^ Chart omits extinct (EX) species
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]
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:
Acaena exigua Acalypha dikuluwensis Acalypha rubrinervis Acalypha wilderi Achyranthes atollensis Argocoffeopsis lemblinii Argyroxiphium virescens Basananthe cupricola Begonia eiromischa Blutaparon rigidum 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 cyaneaCyanea comata Cyanea cylindrocalyx Cyanea dolichopoda Cyanea eleeleensis Cyanea giffardii , Giffard's cyaneaCyanea linearifolia Cyanea mauiensis Cyanea minutiflora Cyanea parvifolia Cyanea pohaku Cyanea pycnocarpa Cyanea quercifolia Cyanea sessilifolia Cyrtandra olona Delilia inelegans Delissea niihauensis Delissea subcordata Delissea undulata , Undulata delisseaDipterocarpus cinereus Euphrasia mendoncae Fitchia mangarevensis Galipea ossana Gomidesia cambessedeana Guettarda retusa Heliotropium pannifolium Hernandia drakeana Hibiscadelphus bombycinus Hibiscadelphus crucibracteatus Hibiscadelphus wilderianus Hopea shingkeng Kokia lanceolata Lepidium amissum , Waitakere scurvy grassLepidium obtusatum Licania caldasiana Logania depressa Madhuca insignis Marshallia grandiflora Melicope cruciata Melicope haleakalae Melicope macropus Melicope nealae Melicope obovata Melicope paniculata Myosotis laingii Myrcia skeldingii Nesiota elliptica 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 Trochetiopsis melanoxylon Valerianella affinis Vernonia sechellensis Viola cryana Weinmannia spiraeoides Wikstroemia hanalei Wikstroemia skottsbergiana Xanthostemon sebertii Possibly extinct species:
Extinct in the wild species:
Possibly extinct in the wild species:
Extinct subspecies:
Cyanea copelandii subsp. copelandii Cyanea superba subsp. regina Delissea subcordata subsp. obtusifolia Delissea subcordata subsp. subcordata Tetramolopium consanguineum subsp. consanguineum Extinct in the wild subspecies:
Cyanea superba subsp. superba Extinct varieties:
Monocotyledons
Extinct species:
Possibly extinct species:
Extinct in the wild species:
Possibly extinct in the wild species:
Extinct varieties
Cenchrus agrimonioides var. laysanensis 