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On 27.6.22: 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:
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) Euphorbia mayurnathanii
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED (CR) Actinodaphne lanata Adinandra griffithii Agasthiyamalaia pauciflora Aglaia malabarica Amomum riwatchii Aquilaria khasiana Cinnamomum champokianum Cinnamomum chemungianum Cinnamomum travancoricum Cinnamomum walaiwarense Crinum malabaricum Croton lawianus Cryptocarya ferrarsi Cryptocarya sheikelmudiyana Curcuma bhatii 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 Gymnocladus assamicus Hopea erosa Hopea jacobi Hygrophila madurensis Ilex gardneriana Ilex khasiana Isachne meeboldii Isachne veldkampii Ischaemum jayachandranii Larsenianthus arunachalensis Machilus parviflora Magnolia gustavii Magnolia pleiocarpa Memecylon sisparense Mesua manii Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis Musa argentii Musa arunachalensis Nauclea gageana Nothopegia aureo-fulva Nothopegia castanaefolia Nymphoides macrospermum Nymphoides sivarajanii Parakaempferia synantha Pittosporum viridulum Prismatomeris andamanica Pseudoglochidion anamalayanum Pyrenaria cherrapunjeana Quercus thomsoniana Rotala malabarica Semecarpus kathalekanensis Sonneratia griffithii Syzygium andamanicum Syzygium courtallense Syzygium manii Syzygium palghatense Tribulus rajasthanensis Utleria salicifolia Vachellia bolei Valeriana leschenaultii Vateria macrocarpa Wendlandia andamanica Zingiber arunachalensis
ENDANGERED (EN) Actinodaphne bourneae Actinodaphne macroptera Actinodaphne salicina Actinodaphne shendurunii Aldrovanda vesiculosa Aloe trinervis Ammannia nagpurensis Anacolosa densiflora Aporosa bourdillonii Ardisia amplexicaulis Ardisia blatteri Ardisia sonchifolia Atuna indica Atuna travancorica Barleria sepalosa Beilschmiedia tirunelvelica Bentinckia nicobarica Byrsophyllum tetrandrum Capparis pachyphylla Chamaecrista kolabensis Chionanthus linocieroides Cinnamomum filipedicellatum Cinnamomum gamblei Cinnamomum goaense Cinnamomum heyneanum Cinnamomum keralaense Cinnamomum perrottetii Cinnamomum wightii Coffea neobridsoniae Commiphora stocksiana Cryptocarya anamalayana Cryptocoryne cognata Curcuma coriacea Cynometra beddomei Cynometra bourdillonii Cynometra travancorica Dalbergia congesta Dimeria hohenackeri Dipterocarpus hasseltii Dipterocarpus kerrii Dipterocarpus retusus Drypetes andamanica Drypetes travancoria Dysoxylum beddomei Elaeocarpus blascoi Eriocaulon anshiense Eriocaulon dalzellii Eriocaulon richardianum Eugenia discifera Eugenia floccosa Eugenia indica Euonymus assamicus Euonymus paniculatus Euonymus serratifolius Euphorbia santapauii Farmeria indica Ficus andamanica Fimbristylis crystallina Fimbristylis dauciformis Garcinia kingii Garcinia rubroechinata Globba andersonii Glochidion pauciflorum Glochidion sisparense Glochidion tomentosum Goniothalamus rhynchantherus Gymnema khandalense Habenaria dichopetala Hedychium aureum Heptapleurum bourdillonii Homalium jainii Hopea canarensis Hopea helferi Hopea utilis Illicium griffithii Impatiens cothurnoides Impatiens dalaiensis Impatiens lohitensis Impatiens sikkimensis Isachne swaminathanii Ischaemum vembanadense Isonandra stocksii 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 Maesa velutina Magnolia pealiana Mangifera austro-indica Mangifera nicobarica Melicope indica Memecylon flavescens Microtropis densiflora Monoon shendurunii Musa chunii Musa cylindrica Nostolachma crassifolia Nymphoides krishnakesara Orophea thomsoni Palaquium ravii Paphiopedilum appletonianum Piper barberi Pittosporum eriocarpum Plagiostachys nicobarica Podostemum munnarense Polyalthia rufescens Popowia beddomeana Prioria pinnata Psychotria beddomei Psychotria macrocarpa Psydrax ficiformis Psydrax pergracilis 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 beddomei Syzygium bourdillonii Syzygium chavaran Syzygium microphyllum Syzygium myhendrae Syzygium parameswaranii Syzygium stocksii Tamarix kutchensis Tarenna agumbensis Tarenna monosperma Tephrosia jamnagarensis Trillium tschonoskii Tritaxis balakrishnanii Tritaxis beddomei Utricularia cecilii Vatica chinensis Wendlandia angustifolia Xylosma latifolium
VULNERABLE (VU) Acer osmastonii Acer tibetense Actinodaphne hookeri Actinodaphne lawsonii Aglaia apiocarpa Aglaia bourdillonii Alpinia manii Anaphalis beddomei Anaphalis leptophylla Aralia malabarica Beilschmiedia assamica Beilschmiedia clarkei Bentinckia condapanna Bridelia cinnamomea Bridelia kurzii Buchanania lanceolata Buchanania platyneura Callicarpa psilocalyx Calophyllum apetalum Cinnadenia paniculata Cinnamomum impressinervium Cinnamomum litseifolium Cinnamomum macrocarpum Coffea travancorensis Crudia balachandrae Cryptocarya beddomei Cryptocarya caesia Cryptocarya stocksii Diospyros atrata Diospyros barberi Diospyros trichophylla Dipterocarpus alatus Dipterocarpus costatus Dipterocarpus gracilis Drypetes wightii Dysoxylum ficiforme Elaeocarpus prunifolius Elaeocarpus recurvatus Elaeocarpus venustus Eleiotis rottleri Eriocaulon karnatakense Eriocaulon kolhapurense Eriocaulon konkanense Eriocaulon maharashtrense Eriocaulon pectinatum Eriolaena lushingtonii Eugenia rottleriana Euonymus angulatus Farmeria metzgerioides Fuirena swamyi Gleditsia assamica Glochidion bourdillonii Glochidion johnstonei Glyphochloa santapaui Glyptopetalum lawsonii Gomphandra comosa Halophila beccarii Helichrysum cutchicum Homalium travancoricum Hopea odorata Hubbardia heptaneuron Humboldtia laurifolia Ilex embelioides Impatiens pseudolaevigata Impatiens serratifolia Isachne bicolor Ixonanthes khasiana Lasianthus ciliatus Lasianthus rostratus Litosanthes capitulatus Litsea albescens Litsea keralana Litsea kurzii Litsea mysorensis Litsea nigrescens Litsea nitida Litsea panamanja Litsea travancorica Luisia volucris Magnolia mannii Malaxis muscifera Memecylon lawsonii Mitrephora grandiflora Murdannia lanceolata Myristica dactyloides Neolitsea fischeri Nilgirianthus ciliatus Notonia shevaroyensis Orophea uniflora Oryza malampuzhaensis Palaquium bourdillonii Piper pedicellatum Pithecellobium gracile Polypleurum filifolium Pseuduvaria prainii Rhododendron subansiriense Rhododendron wattii Rhopaloblaste augusta Saprosma fragrans Sesbania speciosa Syzygium benthamianum Syzygium densiflorum Syzygium ramavarma Tarenna nilagirica Utricularia albocaerulea Utricularia wightiana Vachellia campbellii Vitex diversifolia Willisia selaginoides Thank you … for going through it. . Created on 13.6.17: .
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:
Category wise list is given below and names are linked to the pages of species in eFI database: Extinct (Ex):
Extinct in Wild (EW): Critically Endangered (CR): 14. Saussurea costus 17. Vateria indica Endangered (EN): 11. Heritiera fomes 12. Hopea parviflora 13. Hopea ponga 14. Hopea racophloea 21. Paphiopedilum charlesworthii 26. Rotala ritchiei Vulnerable (VU): 20. Garcinia indica 22. Ixora malabarica 23. Jatropha nana 30. Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum 38. Salacia oblonga 39. Santalum album 40. Saraca asoca 45. Vanda spathulata Near Threatened and Lower Risk/ Neat Threatened (NT): Data Deficient (DD): 11. Mangifera indica . Threatened Flora of India : 1 post by 1 author.
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