List of least concern plants

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

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.

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]