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