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1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants

Table 8 - Globally threatened taxa of vascular plants: IUCN Categories by major taxa and families

Family

Ex

Ex/E

E

V

R

I

Total no. threatened1

Total no. species

%
threatened

Fern allies
Isoetaceae

2

11

4

22

2

39

79

49.7

Lycopodiaceae

1

3

6

11

3

23

519

4.4

Psilotaceae

1

1

2

7

30.8

Selaginellaceae

1

3

5

9

6

23

713

3.2

TOTAL

4

0

18

15

43

11

87

1,318

6.6

True ferns
Adiantaceae

1

6

4

16

11

38

712

5.3

Aspleniaceae

3

12

3

25

3

46

711

6.5

Blechnaceae

2

2

11

2

17

238

7.1

Cyatheaceae

1

10

36

100

55

202

623

32.4

Davalliaceae

1

1

130

0.8

Dennstaedtiaceae

1

1

9

4

15

486

3.1

Dicksoniaceae

3

1

4

41

9.8

Dryopteridaceae

2

5

12

10

41

7

75

464

16.2

Gleicheniaceae

1

3

4

140

2.9

Grammitidaceae

2

2

39

22

65

500

13.0

Hymenophyllaceae

4

4

18

1

27

600

4.5

Lomariopsidaceae

4

1

12

17

615

2.8

Loxsomataceae

1

1

2

4

50.0

Marattiaceae

3

1

6

1

11

204

5.4

Marsileaceae

3

2

1

2

8

67

11.9

Oleandraceae

2

2

91

2.2

Ophioglossaceae

6

5

12

23

81

28.4

Osmundaceae

1

1

2

18

11.1

Parkeriaceae

1

1

4

25.0

Plagiogyriaceae

2

2

36

5.6

Polypodiaceae

1

1

3

6

12

4

26

1,068

2.4

Pteridaceae

3

3

8

5

19

259

7.3

Schizaeaceae

1

1

1

3

143

2.1

Thelypteridaceae

1

9

5

19

8

41

1,000

4.1

Vittariaceae

2

2

113

1.8

Woodsiaceae

1

2

3

3

17

5

30

705

4.3

TOTAL

5

13

85

97

356

133

683

9,053

7.5

Gnetopsida (gnetophytes)
Ephedraceae

1

1

40

2.5

TOTAL

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

40

2.5

Pinopsida
(conifers)

Araucariaceae

5

11

13

1

30

38

78.9

Cephalotaxaceae

1

3

1

5

7

71.4

Cupressaceae

1

1

17

19

21

6

64

130

49.2

Pinaceae

17

50

62

4

133

250

53.2

Podocarpaceae

5

28

33

4

70

125

56.0

Taxaceae

4

7

3

1

15

20

75.0

Taxodiaceae

2

4

4

10

16

62.5

TOTAL

1

1

51

122

136

17

327

586

55.8

Ginkopsida
(ginkgo)

Ginkgoaceae

1

1

1

100.0

TOTAL

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

100.0

Cycadopsida (cycads)
Cycadaceae

1

5

11

4

20

35

57.1

Stangeriaceae

1

1

1

100.0

Zamiaceae

2

39

50

36

3

128

144

88.9

TOTAL

3

0

44

61

41

3

149

180

82.8

Dicotyledons
Acanthaceae

7

1

63

67

192

106

429

2,500

17.2

Aceraceae

2

2

7

3

14

112

12.5

Actinidiaceae

2

1

1

1

5

300

1.7

Aizoaceae

7

16

20

86

41

163

2,500

6.5

Alzateaceae

1

1

1

100.0

Amaranthaceae

4

1

9

4

24

6

44

900

4.9

Anacardiaceae

1

12

19

39

15

86

600

14.3

Ancistrocladaceae

1

1

2

18

11.4

Anisophylleaceae

2

2

40

5.0

Annonaceae

2

24

36

91

59

212

2,300

9.2

Apocynaceae

5

1

33

31

70

14

149

2,000

7.5

Aquifoliaceae

1

1

6

4

18

8

37

370

10.0

Araliaceae

30

22

36

19

107

700

15.3

Aristolochiaceae

5

3

23

4

35

600

5.8

Asclepiadaceae

9

3

72

60

199

86

420

2,000

21.0

Balanopaceae

1

1

9

11.1

Balanophoraceae

1

1

3

5

45

11.1

Balsaminaceae

1

3

5

12

49

69

450

15.3

Basellaceae

1

1

3

5

18

28.6

Begoniaceae

1

1

14

8

28

13

64

1,020

6.3

Berberidaceae

5

12

15

11

43

650

6.6

Betulaceae

2

1

8

2

13

125

10.4

Bignoniaceae

34

43

73

5

155

800

19.4

Bombacaceae

11

3

7

3

24

200

12.0

Boraginaceae

8

6

43

82

211

36

378

2,000

18.9

Bretschneideraceae

1

1

1

100.0

Brunelliaceae

29

19

9

57

62

91.9

Bruniaceae

4

3

2