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List of least concern plants

As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 6645 least concern plant species.[1] 30% of all evaluated plant species are listed as least concern. The IUCN also lists 131 subspecies and 118 varieties as least concern. No subpopulations of plants have been evaluated by the IUCN.

45 extinct in the wild plant species (0.1%)5702 critically endangered plant species (8.6%)10901 endangered plant species (16.4%)9673 vulnerable plant species (14.5%)4160 near threatened plant species (6.3%)30554 least concern plant species (45.9%)5371 data deficient plant species (8.1%)
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

This is a complete list of least concern plant species, subspecies and varieties evaluated by the IUCN.

Algae edit

Bryophytes edit

There are 14 bryophyte species assessed as least concern.

Mosses edit

Liverworts edit

Pteridophytes edit

There are 113 species, three subspecies, and one variety of pteridophyte assessed as least concern.

Leptosporangiate ferns edit

There are 78 species, three subspecies, and one variety in the class Polypodiopsida assessed as least concern.

Polypodiales edit

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Hymenophyllales edit

Cyatheales edit

Salviniales edit

Schizaeales edit

Osmundales edit

Isoetopsida edit

Lycopodiopsida edit

Clubmosses and firmosses

Psilotopsida edit

Horsetails edit

Gymnosperms edit

There are 419 species, 34 subspecies, and 66 varieties of gymnosperm assessed as least concern.

Cycads edit

Species

Subspecies

Conifers edit

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Gnetopsida edit

There are 76 species in the class Gnetopsida assessed as least concern.

Gnetales edit

Ephedrales edit

Dicotyledons edit

There are 4104 species, 86 subspecies, and 44 varieties of dicotyledon assessed as least concern.

Piperales edit

Campanulales edit

There are 25 species and four subspecies in Campanulales assessed as least concern.

Campanulaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Goodeniaceae edit

Theales edit

There are 129 species and three subspecies in Theales assessed as least concern.

Dipterocarpaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Asteropeiaceae edit

Scytopetalaceae edit

Ochnaceae edit

Theaceae edit

Actinidiaceae edit

Guttiferae edit

Sphaerosepalaceae edit

Elatinaceae edit

Malvales edit

Species

Varieties

Geraniales edit

Species

Subspecies

Lecythidales edit

Polygalales edit

Species

Varieties

Santalales edit

Dipsacales edit

Plumbaginales edit

Rubiales edit

Species

Subspecies

Violales edit

Species

Subspecies

Euphorbiales edit

Euphorbiaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Laurales edit

There are 37 species and one subspecies in the order Laurales assessed as least concern.

Lauraceae edit

Other Laurales edit

Species

Subspecies

Cucurbitales edit

Ebenales edit

There are 43 species and two subspecies in Ebenales assessed as least concern.

Sapotaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Ebenaceae edit

Styracaceae edit

Celastrales edit

There are 22 species, one subspecies, and one variety in the order Celastrales assessed as least concern.

Celastraceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Other Celastrales species edit

Myrtales edit

There are 149 species in the order Myrtales assessed as least concern.

Myrtaceae edit

Melastomataceae edit

Combretaceae edit

Thymelaeaceae edit

Water caltrops edit

Lythraceae edit

Onagraceae edit

Sapindales edit

There are 83 species, three subspecies, and four varieties in the order Sapindales assessed as least concern.

Rutaceae edit

Species

Varieties

Sapindaceae edit

Species

Varieties

Zygophyllaceae edit

Anacardiaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Meliaceae edit

Simaroubaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Burseraceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Irvingiaceae edit

Asterales edit

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Magnoliales edit

There are 118 species, 19 subspecies, and six varieties in the order Magnoliales assessed as least concern.

Magnoliaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Annonaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Myristicaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Capparales edit

There are 45 species in Capparales assessed as least concern.

Capparaceae edit

Cruciferae edit

Resedaceae edit

Apiales edit

There are 74 species and two subspecies in the order Apiales assessed as least concern.

Araliaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Umbelliferae edit

Gentianales edit

There are 79 species, two subspecies, and one variety in the order Gentianales assessed as least concern.

Apocynaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Loganiaceae edit

Asclepiadaceae edit

Gentianaceae edit

Rosales edit

There are 89 species, one subspecies, and four varieties in the order Rosales assessed as least concern.

Pittosporaceae edit

Cunoniaceae edit

Species

Varieties

Rosaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Saxifragaceae edit

Crassulaceae edit

Other Rosales species edit

Primulales edit

There are 37 species and two varieties in Primulales assessed as least concern.

Myrsinaceae edit

Species

Varieties

Primulaceae edit

Rhamnales edit

Species

Varieties

Urticales edit

There are 38 species, three subspecies, and two varieties in Urticales assessed as least concern.

Urticaceae edit

Species

Varieties

Ulmaceae edit

Cecropiaceae edit

Moraceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Cornales edit

Species

Varieties

Solanales edit

There are 48 species, one subspecies, and one variety in the order Solanales assessed as least concern.

Solanaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Convolvulaceae edit

Species

Varieties

Menyanthaceae edit

Hydrophyllaceae edit

Polemoniaceae edit

Scrophulariales edit

There are 277 species and 11 subspecies in the order Scrophulariales assessed as least concern.

Oleaceae edit

Gesneriaceae edit

Bignoniaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Myoporaceae edit

Acanthaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Scrophulariaceae edit

Lentibulariaceae edit

Pedaliaceae edit

Lamiales edit

There are 134 species, five subspecies, and two varieties in the order Lamiales assessed as least concern.

Verbenaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Labiatae edit

Species

Subspecies

Boraginaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Avicenniaceae edit

Linderniaceae edit

Nepenthales edit

There are 35 species and two subspecies in Nepenthales assessed as least concern.

Nepenthaceae edit

Droseraceae edit

Sarraceniaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Dilleniales edit

Ranunculales edit

There are 51 species and one subspecies in the order Ranunculales assessed as least concern.

Berberidaceae edit

Menispermaceae edit

Ranunculaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Plantaginales edit

Ericales edit

There are 16 species and two varieties in the order Ericales assessed as least concern.

Clethraceae edit

Ericaceae edit

Species

Varieties

Polygonales edit

Podostemales edit

Fabales edit

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Rhizophorales edit

Caryophyllales edit

There are 928 species and two subspecies in the order Caryophyllales assessed as least concern.

Caryophyllaceae edit

Amaranthaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Nyctaginaceae edit

Chenopodiaceae edit

Portulacaceae edit

Illecebraceae edit

Cactus species edit

Aizoaceae edit

Molluginaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Fagales edit

There are 143 species, five subspecies, and one variety in the order Fagales assessed as least concern.

Nothofagaceae edit

Fagaceae edit

Betulaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Callitrichales edit

Salicales edit

Haloragales edit

Haloragaceae edit

Nymphaeales edit

Other dicotyledons edit

Species

Varieties

Monocotyledons edit

There are 1983 species, eight subspecies, and seven varieties of monocotyledon assessed as least concern.

Arecales edit

Species

Varieties

Orchidales edit

There are 261 species in Orchidales assessed as least concern.

Orchidaceae edit

Burmanniaceae edit

Cyclanthales edit

Pandanales edit

Bromeliales edit

Species

Varieties

Liliales edit

There are 225 species and five subspecies in the order Liliales assessed as least concern.

Colchicaceae edit

Iridaceae edit

Aloaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Amaryllidaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Liliaceae edit

Hyacinthaceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Asphodelaceae edit

Alliaceae edit

Dioscoreaceae edit

Anthericaceae edit

Eriospermaceae edit

Pontederiaceae edit

Other Liliales edit

Species

Subspecies

Arales edit

There are 103 species and one subspecies in Arales assessed as least concern.

Araceae edit

Species

Subspecies

Lemnaceae edit

Acoraceae edit

Zingiberales edit

There are 67 species and two varieties in the order Zingiberales assessed as least concern.

Costaceae edit

Zingiberaceae edit

Species

Varieties

Other Zingiberales species edit

Eriocaulales edit

Species

Varieties

Commelinales edit

There are 39 species in the order Commelinales assessed as least concern.

Xyridaceae edit

Commelinaceae edit

Cyperales edit

There are 825 species and two varieties in Cyperales assessed as least concern.

Gramineae edit

Species

Varieties

Cyperaceae edit

Alismatales edit

There are 27 species in the order Alismatales assessed as least concern.

Alismataceae edit

Limnocharitaceae edit

Butomaceae edit

Najadales edit

There are 96 species in Najadales assessed as least concern.

Zosteraceae edit

Aponogetonaceae edit

Posidoniaceae edit

Potamogetonaceae edit

Cymodoceaceae edit

Scheuchzeriaceae edit

Juncaginaceae edit

Juncales edit

Species

Subspecies

Hydrocharitales edit

Restionales edit

Typhales edit

Hydatellales edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Listed by IUCN as Eugenia oreophila.
  2. ^ Listed by IUCN as Euptelea pleiospermum.

References edit

  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.
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