As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 116 recently extinct plant species, 132 possibly extinct species, 35 extinct in the wild species, 13 possibly extinct in the wild species, five extinct subspecies, one extinct in the wild subspecies, and four extinct varieties.
Algae
Extinct species: Vanvoorstia bennettiana, Bennett's seaweed Possibly extinct species: Galaxaura barbata Phycodrina elegans
Bryophytes
There are three bryophyte extinct species evaluated by the IUCN.
Mosses
Extinct species: Flabellidium spinosum Neomacounia nitida
Pteridophytes
Extinct species: Adiantum lianxianense Dryopteris ascensionis Possibly extinct species:
Extinct in the wild species Diplazium laffanianum, Governor Laffan's fern
Gymnosperms
Possibly extinct species:
Extinct in the wild species:
Dicotyledons
Extinct species:
Possibly extinct species:
Extinct in the wild species:
Possibly extinct in the wild species:
Extinct subspecies:
Extinct in the wild subspecies: Cyanea superba subsp. superba
Extinct varieties:
Monocotyledons
Extinct species:
Possibly extinct species:
Extinct in the wild species:
Possibly extinct in the wild species: Costus vinosus Extinct varieties Cenchrus agrimonioides var. laysanensis
See also List of least concern plants List of near threatened plants List of vulnerable plants List of endangered plants List of critically endangered plants List of data deficient plants
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