On 27.6.22:
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Threatened species in eFI:
During the last few days I downloaded the list of threatened species of India from IUCN Red List 2021-3. These species were looked in the eFI database and the pages of all species represented in eFI are linked with their name in the list of threatened species of India. I did this exercise in 2017 also which is available under the page Threatened Flora of India. During the last 5 years our coverage of threatened species has increased from 93 species to 133 species (under EW, CR, EN, VU categories) which is truly appreciable. We now have more than 28% threatened flora of India represented in eFI. 28% seems low but we have to remember that threatened species are not common in nature and rarely spotted. Despite the rarity, our contributing members have photographed them and uploaded them here. No other database in India shows this much larger fraction of threatened species of India.

Now the page (Threatened Flora of India) may be updated, OR the new information (attached here) may be displayed at a different page to show how our coverage of threatened species has increased during the last five years.

In the recent list of threatened species of India categories of some earlier threatened species have been changed based on new information available. The species Madhuca insignis  is one example, which was earlier considered as EXTINCT, is now in CRITICALLY ENDANGERED category.

IUCN Red List Species of Flowering Plants of India and Species Represented in eFloraofIndia (eFI)

IUCN data (IUCN Red List 2021-3) indicate that 2407 species were assessed for threat status in India and 02 species are Extinct (Ex), 02 Extinct in Wild (EW), 94 Critically Endangered (CR), 203 Endangered (EN), 168 Vulnerable (VU), 69 Near Threatened (NT), 01 Lower Risk/ Conservation Dependent (LR/cd), 147 Data Deficient (DD), and rest 1721 are at Lower Risk or Least Concern (LR or LC/lc).

Efloraofindia during its 15 year journey (June 2007- June 2022) has showcased large number of Red Listed species from different wild habitats of India and botanical gardens. A search of eFI database reveals following number of red listed species:

Categories Category Symbol Total Number of Species in India Number of Species Represented in eFI
Extinct Ex 02 00
Extinct in Wild EW 02 01
Critically Endangered CR 94 22
Endangered EN 203 51
Vulnerable VU 168 59
Near Threatened NT 69 Many species
Lower Risk/ Conservation Dependent LR/cd 1
Data Deficient DD 147 Many species
Lower Risk or Least Concern LR or LC/lc 1721 Many species

 

A threat category wise complete list of threatened flowering plants of India is given below. Species represented in eFI are linked with their pages:

Extinct (EX)

Hopea shingkeng

Sterculia khasiana

 

EXTINCT IN WILD (EW)

Corypha taliera

Euphorbia mayurnathanii

 

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED (CR)

Aconitum chasmanthum

Actinodaphne lanata

Adinandra griffithii

Agasthiyamalaia pauciflora

Aglaia malabarica

Amomum riwatchii

Aquilaria khasiana

Aquilaria malaccensis

Berberis nilghiriensis

Buchanania barberi

Ceropegia odorata

Chlorophytum borivilianum

Cinnamomum champokianum

Cinnamomum chemungianum

Cinnamomum travancoricum

Cinnamomum walaiwarense

Commiphora wightii

Crinum malabaricum

Croton lawianus

Cryptocarya ferrarsi

Cryptocarya sheikelmudiyana

Curcuma bhatii

Curcuma vamana

Dialium travancoricum

Dipterocarpus bourdillonii

Elaeocarpus gaussenii

Eriocaulon bolei

Eriocaulon ratnagiricum

Eriocaulon rouxianum

Eriocaulon santapaui

Eriocaulon sharmae

Eriocaulon sivarajanii

Eugenia argentea

Ficus angladei

Fimbristylis hirsutifolia

Garcinia cadelliana

Garcinia imbertii

Garcinia travancorica

Gentiana kurroo

Gymnocladus assamicus

Hildegardia populifolia

Hopea erosa

Hopea jacobi

Hygrophila madurensis

Ilex gardneriana

Ilex khasiana

Isachne meeboldii

Isachne veldkampii

Ischaemum jayachandranii

Ixora johnsonii

Larsenianthus arunachalensis

Lilium polyphyllum

Machilus parviflora

Madhuca diplostemon

Madhuca insignis

Magnolia gustavii

Magnolia pleiocarpa

Memecylon sisparense

Mesua manii

Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis

Musa argentii

Musa arunachalensis

Nardostachys jatamansi

Nauclea gageana

Nothopegia aureo-fulva

Nothopegia castanaefolia

Nymphoides macrospermum

Nymphoides sivarajanii

Paphiopedilum druryi

Paphiopedilum fairrieanum

Parakaempferia synantha

Pittosporum viridulum

Prismatomeris andamanica

Pseudoglochidion anamalayanum

Pyrenaria cherrapunjeana

Quercus thomsoniana

Rotala malabarica

Saussurea costus

Semecarpus kathalekanensis

Sonneratia griffithii

Syzygium andamanicum

Syzygium courtallense

Syzygium manii

Syzygium palghatense

Syzygium travancoricum

Tribulus rajasthanensis

Utleria salicifolia

Vachellia bolei

Valeriana leschenaultii

Vateria macrocarpa

Vatica lanceifolia

Wendlandia andamanica

Zeuxine rolfiana

Zingiber arunachalensis

 

ENDANGERED (EN)

Abutilon ranadei

Aconitum heterophyllum

Actinodaphne bourneae

Actinodaphne macroptera

Actinodaphne salicina

Actinodaphne shendurunii

Aldrovanda vesiculosa

Aloe trinervis

Ammannia nagpurensis

Anacolosa densiflora

Angelica glauca

Aponogeton satarensis

Aporosa bourdillonii

Ardisia amplexicaulis

Ardisia blatteri

Ardisia sonchifolia

Atropa acuminata

Atuna indica

Atuna travancorica

Barleria sepalosa

Beilschmiedia tirunelvelica

Bentinckia nicobarica

Byrsophyllum tetrandrum

Capparis pachyphylla

Ceropegia anjanerica

Chamaecrista kolabensis

Chionanthus linocieroides

Cinnamomum filipedicellatum

Cinnamomum gamblei

Cinnamomum goaense

Cinnamomum heyneanum

Cinnamomum keralaense

Cinnamomum perrottetii

Cinnamomum riparium

Cinnamomum wightii

Cleistanthus travancorensis

Coffea arabica

Coffea neobridsoniae

Commiphora stocksiana

Coptis teeta

Cryptocarya anamalayana

Cryptocoryne cognata

Curcuma caulina

Curcuma coriacea

Cynometra beddomei

Cynometra bourdillonii

Cynometra travancorica

Cypripedium elegans

Cypripedium himalaicum

Dalbergia congesta

Decalepis hamiltonii

Dimeria hohenackeri

Diospyros crumenata

Dipterocarpus grandiflorus

Dipterocarpus hasseltii

Dipterocarpus indicus

Dipterocarpus kerrii

Dipterocarpus retusus

Drypetes andamanica

Drypetes porteri

Drypetes travancoria

Dysoxylum beddomei

Dysoxylum malabaricum

Elaeocarpus blascoi

Eriocaulon anshiense

Eriocaulon dalzellii

Eriocaulon richardianum

Eugenia discifera

Eugenia floccosa

Eugenia indica

Eugenia singampattiana

Euonymus assamicus

Euonymus paniculatus

Euonymus serratifolius

Euphorbia epiphylloides

Euphorbia santapauii

Farmeria indica

Ficus andamanica

Fimbristylis crystallina

Fimbristylis dauciformis

Garcinia kingii

Garcinia rubroechinata

Garcinia wightii

Globba andersonii

Globba radicalis

Glochidion pauciflorum

Glochidion sisparense

Glochidion tomentosum

Goniothalamus rhynchantherus

Goniothalamus simonsii

Gymnema khandalense

Habenaria dichopetala

Hedychium aureum

Heptapleurum bourdillonii

Heritiera fomes

Homalium jainii

Hopea canarensis

Hopea glabra

Hopea helferi

Hopea racophloea

Hopea utilis

Humboldtia bourdillonii

Humboldtia vahliana

Hydrocotyle conferta

Ilex venulosa

Illicium griffithii

Impatiens cathcartii

Impatiens cothurnoides

Impatiens dalaiensis

Impatiens lohitensis

Impatiens sikkimensis

Iphigenia stellata

Isachne swaminathanii

Ischaemum vembanadense

Isonandra stocksii

Isonandra villosa

Ixora lawsoni

Ixora saulierei

Julostylis polyandra

Koilodepas calycinum

Kyllinga pluristaminea

Lagerstroemia minuticarpa

Lamprachaenium microcephalum

Limnopoa meeboldii

Lindernia manilaliana

Lindernia minima

Litsea beddomei

Litsea helferi

Litsea khasyana

Litsea leiantha

Madhuca bourdillonii

Maesa velutina

Magnolia pealiana

Mangifera austro-indica

Mangifera nicobarica

Melicope indica

Memecylon flavescens

Memecylon subramanii

Microtropis densiflora

Monoon shendurunii

Musa chunii

Musa coccinea

Musa cylindrica

Myristica magnifica

Nepenthes khasiana

Nostolachma crassifolia

Nymphoides krishnakesara

Orophea thomsoni

Palaquium ravii

Paphiopedilum appletonianum

Paphiopedilum charlesworthii

Paphiopedilum insigne

Paphiopedilum spicerianum

Paphiopedilum venustum

Picrorhiza kurroa

Pimpinella tirupatiensis

Piper barberi

Pittosporum eriocarpum

Plagiostachys nicobarica

Podostemum munnarense

Polyalthia rufescens

Popowia beddomeana

Prioria pinnata

Psychotria beddomei

Psychotria globicephala

Psychotria macrocarpa

Psydrax ficiformis

Psydrax pergracilis

Pterocarpus indicus

Pterocarpus santalinus

Quercus lobbii

Quercus lodicosa

Quercus tungmaiensis

Rapanea striata

Rotala cookii

Rotala ritchiei

Shorea tumbuggaia

Sophora wightii

Symplocos anamallayana

Symplocos barberi

Symplocos nairii

Symplocos oligandra

Syzygium alternifolium

Syzygium beddomei

Syzygium bourdillonii

Syzygium chavaran

Syzygium microphyllum

Syzygium myhendrae

Syzygium parameswaranii

Syzygium stocksii

Tamarix kutchensis

Tarenna agumbensis

Tarenna monosperma

Tecomella undulata

Tephrosia jamnagarensis

Trillium govanianum

Trillium tschonoskii

Tritaxis balakrishnanii

Tritaxis beddomei

Utricularia cecilii

Vatica chinensis

Wendlandia angustifolia

Xylosma latifolium

 

VULNERABLE (VU)

Acer osmastonii

Acer tibetense

Aconitum violaceum

Actinodaphne hookeri

Actinodaphne lawsonii

Aglaia apiocarpa

Aglaia bourdillonii

Aglaia perviridis

Alpinia manii

Anacyclus pyrethrum

Anaphalis beddomei

Anaphalis leptophylla

Anaphalis wightiana

Aponogeton bruggenii

Aralia malabarica

Arenga wightii

Beilschmiedia assamica

Beilschmiedia clarkei

Beilschmiedia dalzellii

Bentinckia condapanna

Boesenbergia siphonantha

Boswellia ovalifoliolata

Bridelia cinnamomea

Bridelia kurzii

Buchanania lanceolata

Buchanania platyneura

Callicarpa psilocalyx

Calophyllum apetalum

Casearia wynadensis

Cayratia pedata

Chloroxylon swietenia

Cinnadenia paniculata

Cinnamomum impressinervium

Cinnamomum litseifolium

Cinnamomum macrocarpum

Cinnamomum sulphuratum

Cleistanthus malabaricus

Coffea travancorensis

Crudia balachandrae

Cryptocarya beddomei

Cryptocarya caesia

Cryptocarya stocksii

Curcuma pseudomontana

Cypripedium cordigerum

Dalbergia latifolia

Diospyros atrata

Diospyros barberi

Diospyros candolleana

Diospyros paniculata

Diospyros trichophylla

Dipterocarpus alatus

Dipterocarpus costatus

Dipterocarpus gracilis

Dipterocarpus turbinatus

Drypetes wightii

Dysoxylum ficiforme

Elaeocarpus prunifolius

Elaeocarpus recurvatus

Elaeocarpus venustus

Eleiotis rottleri

Erinocarpus nimmonii

Eriocaulon karnatakense

Eriocaulon kolhapurense

Eriocaulon konkanense

Eriocaulon maharashtrense

Eriocaulon pectinatum

Eriocaulon tuberiferum

Eriolaena lushingtonii

Etlingera fenzlii

Eugenia calcadensis

Eugenia rottleriana

Euonymus angulatus

Euphorbia vajravelui

Farmeria metzgerioides

Fuirena swamyi

Garcinia indica

Gleditsia assamica

Globba spathulata

Glochidion bourdillonii

Glochidion johnstonei

Glyphochloa santapaui

Glyptopetalum lawsonii

Gomphandra comosa

Gymnacranthera canarica

Halophila beccarii

Helichrysum cutchicum

Homalium travancoricum

Hopea odorata

Hopea ponga

Hubbardia heptaneuron

Humboldtia laurifolia

Hydnocarpus alpinus

Hydnocarpus pentandrus

Ilex embelioides

Impatiens infundibularis

Impatiens pseudolaevigata

Impatiens serratifolia

Isachne bicolor

Ixonanthes khasiana

Ixora malabarica

Jatropha nana

Lasianthus ciliatus

Lasianthus rostratus

Litosanthes capitulatus

Litsea albescens

Litsea ghatica

Litsea keralana

Litsea kurzii

Litsea mysorensis

Litsea nigrescens

Litsea nitida

Litsea panamanja

Litsea travancorica

Luisia volucris

Magnolia mannii

Magnolia nilagirica

Malaxis muscifera

Mallotus atrovirens

Memecylon lawsonii

Miliusa nilagirica

Mitrephora grandiflora

Murdannia lanceolata

Myristica andamanica

Myristica dactyloides

Myristica malabarica

Neolitsea fischeri

Nilgirianthus ciliatus

Notonia shevaroyensis

Ochreinauclea missionis

Orophea uniflora

Oryza malampuzhaensis

Palaquium bourdillonii

Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum

Paphiopedilum villosum

Paris polyphylla

Phyllanthus indofischeri

Piper pedicellatum

Pithecellobium gracile

Polypleurum filifolium

Pseuduvaria prainii

Pterocarpus dalbergioides

Pterospermum reticulatum

Rhododendron subansiriense

Rhododendron wattii

Rhopaloblaste augusta

Rhynchosia heynei

Rotala floribunda

Salacia oblonga

Santalum album

Saprosma fragrans

Saraca asoca

Sesbania speciosa

Shorea roxburghii

Syzygium benthamianum

Syzygium densiflorum

Syzygium occidentale

Syzygium ramavarma

Tarenna nilagirica

Terminalia pallida

Ulmus villosa

Ulmus wallichiana

Utricularia albocaerulea

Utricularia wightiana

Vachellia campbellii

Vanda spathulata

Vateria indica

Vitex diversifolia

Willisia selaginoides


Thank you … for going through it.
It was necessary to revise this information after 5 years (2017).
Though the IUCN Red List keeps changing even within a year, I shall now try to update this information on a yearly basis.


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Created on 13.6.17:

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IUCN Red List Species of Flowering Plants of India and Represented in Efloraofindia (eFI):

IUCN data (IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017-1) indicates that 1314 species were assessed for threat status in India and 6 are Extinct (Ex), 2 Extinct in Wild (EW), 75 Critically Endangered (CR), 161 Endangered (EN), 131 Vulnerable (VU), 41 Near Threatened (NT), 1 Lower Risk/ Conservation Dependent (LR/cd), 64 Data Deficient (DD), and rest are at Lower Risk or Least Concern (LR or LC/lc). The complete list of threatened flowering plants of India is available at www.iucnredlist.org

Efloraofindia during its 10 year journey (June 2007- June 2017) has showcased large number of Red Listed species from different wild habitats of India and botanical gardens. A search of eFI database reveals following number of red listed species:

Categories

Category Symbol

Total Number of Species in India

Number of Species Represented in eFI

Extinct

Ex

6

1

Extinct in Wild

EW

2

1

Critically Endangered

CR

75

17

Endangered

EN

161

29

Vulnerable

VU

131

45

Near Threatened

NT

41

10

Lower Risk/ Conservation Dependent

LR/cd

1

Data Deficient

DD

64

12

Lower Risk or Least Concern

LR or LC/lc

833

Many species

Category wise list is given below and names are linked to the pages of species in eFI database:

Extinct (Ex):

1.       Madhuca insignis

 

Extinct in Wild (EW):

1.       Corypha taliera

Critically Endangered (CR):

1.       Aconitum chasmanthum

2.       Berberis nilghiriensis

3.       Buchanania barberi

4.       Chlorophytum borivilianum

5.       Commiphora wightii

6.       Dipterocarpus turbinatus

7.       Gentiana kurroo

8.       Hildegardia populifolia

9.       Lilium polyphyllum

10.   Nardostachus jatamansi

11.   Nothopegia castanaefolia

12.   Paphiopedilum druryi

13.   Paphiopedilum fairrieanum

14.   Saussurea costus

15.   Syzygium travancoricum

16.   Utleria salacifolia

17.   Vateria indica

Endangered (EN):

1.       Aconitum heterophyllum

2.       Angelica glauca

3.       Curcuma caulina

4.       Cypripedium elegans

5.       Cypripedium himalaicum

6.       Decalepis hamiltonii

7.       Dimorphocalyx beddomei

8.       Diosyros crumenata

9.       Dipterocarpus indicus

10.   Dysoxylum malabaricum

11.   Heritiera fomes

12.   Hopea parviflora

13.   Hopea ponga

14.   Hopea racophloea

15.   Hydrocotyle conferta

16.   Iphigenia stellata

17.   Isonandra villosa

18.   Mangifera andamanica

19.   Memecylon subramanii

20.   Nepenthes khasiana

21.   Paphiopedilum charlesworthii

22.   Paphiopedilum insigne

23.   Paphiopedilum spicerianum

24.   Paphiopedilum venustum

25.   Pterocarpus santalinus

26.   Rotala ritchiei

27.   Shorea roxburghii

28.   Shorea tumbuggaia

29.   Syzygium alternifolium

Vulnerable (VU):

1.       Aconitum violaceum

2.       Aglaia perviridis

3.       Aponogeton bruggenii

4.       Aquilaria malaccensis

5.       Arenga wightii

6.       Boswellia ovalifoliata

7.       Calophyllum apetalum

8.       Casearia wynadensis

9.       Cyaratia pedata

10.   Chloroxylon swietenia

11.   Cinnamomum riparium

12.   Cinnamomum sulphuratum

13.   Cleistanthus malabaricus

14.   Curcuma pseudomontana

15.   Cypripedium cordigerum

16.   Dalbergia latifolia

17.   Diospyros paniculata

18.   Elaeocarpus venustus

19.   Eriocaulon tuberiferum

20.   Garcinia indica

21.   Hydnocarpus pentandrus

22.   Ixora malabarica

23.   Jatropha nana

24.   Magnolia nilagirica

25.   Malaxis muscifera

26.   Miliusa nilagirica

27.   Myristica dactyloides

28.   Nilgirianthus ciliatus

29.   Ochreinauclea missionis

30.   Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum

31.   Paphiopedilum villosum

32.   Phyllanthus indofischeri

33.   Pithecellobium gracile

34.   Pterocarpus indicus

35.   Pterospermum reticulatum

36.   Rhynchosia heynei

37.   Rotala floribunda

38.   Salacia oblonga

39.   Santalum album

40.   Saraca asoca

41.   Syzygium densiflorum

42.   Syzygium occidentale

43.   Terminalia pallid

44.   Ulmus wallichiana

45.   Vanda spathulata

Near Threatened and Lower Risk/ Neat Threatened (NT):

1.       Aglaia edulis

2.       Cajanus cajanifolius

3.       Elaeocarpus munronii

4.       Gynura travancorica

5.       Hyphaene dichotoma

6.       Prunus jacquemontii

7.       Sageraea laurifolia

8.       Tabernaemontana heyneana

9.       Utricularia praeterita

10.   Vigna khandalensis

Data Deficient (DD):

1.       Abrus fruticulosus

2.       Asparagus filicinus

3.       Brachycorythis wightii

4.       Corypha macropoda

5.       Corypha umbraculifera

6.       Coscinium fenestratum

7.       Diospyros ebenum

8.       Eriocaulon baramaticum

9.       Magnolia daltsopa

10.   Magnolia pterocarpa

11.   Mangifera indica

12.   Pogostemon quadrifolius


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Threatened Flora of India : 1 post by 1 author.
Threatened Flora of India page was created by … in efi site along with marking their status at top of the efi pages.
It was a tremendous effort on his part.
My salutes to him for his hard work & determination.
Pl. have a look and give your views. 

 

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