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Additionally 1674 plant species (7.6% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient, meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of conservation status. As these species typically have small distributions and/or populations, they are intrinsically likely to be threatened, according to the IUCN. [ 2 ]
As of December 2023, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 5702 plant species categorized as Critically Endangered, including 569 which are tagged as possibly extinct and 48 possibly extinct in the wild. [1] [2] 8.6% of all evaluated plant species are listed as critically endangered. The IUCN also lists 284 subspecies ...
No list of beautiful flowers is complete without a mention of the rarest flower on earth. This small, red camellia may look simple, but only two original live plants of its kind exist —one in ...
It is one of the rarest plants in the world, being extinct in the wild with all specimens being clones of the type. [2] The specific and common name both honour John Medley Wood, curator of the Durban Botanic Garden and director of the Natal Government Herbarium of South Africa, who discovered the plant in 1895. [3]
The spikes of certain agaves stretch 30 feet high while the amorphophallus titanium, or corpse flower, emits a stench not unlike rotting meat during its rare blooms.
See: List of endangered plants, List of critically endangered plants. Vulnerable, Endangered, and Critically Endangered species are collectively referred to as threatened species by the IUCN. Additionally 1674 plant species (7.6% of those evaluated) are listed as Data Deficient , meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment ...
Ramonda serbica is one of four plants in the Ramonda (plant) genus. Not to be confused with Ramonda nathaliae, these two flowers differ mainly in the shape and color of leaves, and in durability too. Although they belong to the same family, the only place in the world where these two Ramondas grow next to each other is the vicinity of Niš ...
Large plants of this species can produce a rather stunning woodland display with up to a dozen flower stalks at once bearing 3–4 flowers each growing out of coniferous leaf litter. [ 4 ] The flowers are most likely pollinated by bumblebees; to reproduce, it produces numerous dust-like seeds that are dispersed by the wind over long distances.