List of extinct plants

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  • Achyranthes mangarevica
  • Acacia prismifolia
  • Acacia volubilis
  • Acalypha rubrinervis
  • Acianthus ledwardii
  • Acmadenia baileyensis
  • Acmadenia candida
  • Adenia natalensis
  • Amperea xiphoclada
  • Amphibromus whitei
  • Anacyclus alboranensis
  • Angraecum carpophorum
  • Anthurium leuconeurum
  • Araucaria mirabilis
  • Argentipallium spiceri
  • Argyreia soutteri
  • Argyrolobium splendens
  • Argyroxiphium virescens
  • Armeria arcuata
  • Artemisia insipida
  • Asclepias bicuspis
  • Aspalathus variegata
  • Astiria rosea
  • Astragalus kentrophyta
  • Badula ovalifolia
  • Barleria natalensis
  • Begonia cowellii
  • Bertiera bistipulata
  • Beyeria lepidopetala
  • Blutaparon rigidum
  • Bonania myrcifolia
  • Botrychium subbifoliatum
  • Brachystelma occidentale
  • Bromus brachystachys
  • Bulbophyllum pusillum
  • Bulbostylis neglecta
  • Byttneria ivorensis
  • Caladenia atkinsonii
  • Caladenia brachyscapa
  • Caladenia pumila
  • Calanthe whiteana
  • Caliphruria tenera
  • Calochortus indecorus
  • Calothamnus accedens
  • Campanula oligosperma
  • Caralluma arenicola
  • Carex aboriginum
  • Carex repanda
  • Carmichaelia prona
  • Cassytha pedicellosa
  • Castilleja cruenta
  • Centaurea psephelloides
  • Centaurea tuntasia
  • Cephalophyllum parvulum
  • Ceropegia antennifera
  • Chenopodium helenense
  • Chlorospatha kressii
  • Coffea lemblinii
  • Coleanthera virgata
  • Commidendrum burchellii
  • Commidendrum rotundifolium
  • Conophytum ricardianum
  • Corypha taliera
  • Crassula alcicornis
  • Crassula subulata
  • Crassula subulata hispida
  • Crepidiastrum ameristophyllum
  • Crepidiastrum grandicollum
  • Crotalaria urbaniana
  • Cupaniopsis crassivalvis
  • Cyanea arborea
  • Cyanea asplenifolia
  • Cyanea quercifolia
  • Cyanea quercifolia
  • Cycas szechuanensis
  • Cyrtandra waiolani
  • Cyrtandra pruinosa
  • Danais corymbosa
  • Danais sulcata
  • Delissea fallax
  • Delissea lanaiensis
  • Delissea lauliiana
  • Delissea parviflora
  • Delissea sinuata
  • Dendrophthora terminalis
  • Deparia kaalaana
  • Deyeuxia drummondii
  • Deyeuxia lawrencei
  • Dicliptera falcata
  • Dicrastylis morrisonii
  • Didymoglossum exiguum
  • Diellia leucostegioides
  • Dimocarpus leichhardtii
  • Diosma fallax
  • Dipcadi concanense
  • Dipcadi reidii
  • Diplazium laffanianum
  • Diplocaulobium masonii
  • Diplotaxis siettiana
  • Diuris bracteata
  • Dryopteris speluncae
  • Eleocharis bermudiana
  • Eragrostis hosakai
  • Eragrostis mauiensis
  • Eremophila vernicosa
  • Eriostemon falcatus
  • Euphrasia arguta
  • Festuca benthamiana
  • Frankenia conferta
  • Frankenia decurrens
  • Frankenia parvula
  • Glyceria drummondii
  • Griffinia liboniana
  • Gyrostemon reticulatus
  • Habranthus caerulens
  • Haloragis platycarpa
  • Haplostachys bryanii
  • Haplostachys linearifolia
  • Haplostachys munroi
  • Haplostachys truncata
  • Heliotropium pannifolium (St Helena heliotrope)
  • Hemigenia clotteniana
  • Hemigenia exilis
  • Hemigenia obtusa
  • Hibiscadelphus bombycinus
  • Hibiscadelphus crucibracteatus
  • Hibiscadelphus wilderianus
  • Huperzia serrata
  • Hutchinsia tasmanica
  • Hydatella leptogyne
  • Hymenaea mexicana
  • Hymenophyllum lobbii
  • Hymenophyllum whitei
  • Hypsela sessiliflora
  • Ipheion tweedianum
  • Kokia lanceolata
  • Lemmaphyllum accedens
  • Lepidium drummondii
  • Lepidium peregrinum
  • Leptomeria dielsiana
  • Leptomeria laxa
  • Leucopogon cryptanthus
  • Leucopogon marginatus
  • Lipochaeta bryanii
  • Lycium verruscosum
  • Lycopodium volubile
  • Mariscus rockii
  • Mariscus kunthianus
  • Marsdenia araujacea
  • Marsdenia tubulosa
  • Masdevallia menatoi
  • Melicope nealae
  • Melicope obovata
  • Menkea draboides
  • Mimulus whipplei
  • Monardella pringlei
  • Monogramma dareicarpa
  • Musa fitzalanii
  • Nemcia lehmannii
  • Neomacounia nitida
  • Nesiota elliptica (St Helena olive)
  • Oberonia attenuata
  • Olearia oliganthema
  • Opercularia acolytantha
  • Orbexilum stipulatum
  • Orbexilum macrophyllum
  • Orthocarpus pachystachyus
  • Ozothamnus selaginoides
  • Paspalum batianoffii
  • Pelea obovata
  • Persoonia prostrata
  • Persoonia laxa
  • Phacelia amabilis
  • Phacelia cinerea
  • Phlegmatospermum drummondii
  • Phyllostegia hillebrandii
  • Phyllostegia rockii
  • Phyllostegia variabilis
  • Pitcairnia undulata
  • Plagiobothrys diffusus
  • Petaluma Allocarya
  • Platysace dissecta
  • Potentilla multijuga
  • Prasophyllum robustum
  • Prostanthera albohirta
  • Prostanthera marifolia
  • Pseudanthus nematophorus
  • Pterostylis valida
  • Ptilotus fasciculatus
  • Ptilotus pyramidatus
  • Pultenaea maidenii
  • Ranunculus hayekii
  • Rorippa coloradensis
  • Saxifraga amphibia
  • Scaevola macrophylla
  • Schiedea stellarioides
  • Senecio georgianus
  • Sicyos hillebrandii
  • Silene cryptopetala
  • Silene degeneri
  • Solanum bauerianum
  • Stenogyne cinerea
  • Stenogyne viridis
  • Streblorrhiza speciosa
  • Streptochaeta angustifolia
  • Sucrea sampaiana
  • Tetramolopium conyzoides
  • Tetramolopium tenerrimum
  • Tetratheca elliptica
  • Tetratheca fasciculata
  • Thismea americana
  • Thomasia gardneri
  • Timesipteris lanceolata
  • Trianthema cypseleoides
  • Trochetiopsis melanoxylon
  • Urostachys rubrus
  • Vanvoostia bennettiana (Bennett's seaweed)
  • Verbascum calycosum
  • Vernonia africana
  • Vicia dennesiana
  • Viola cryana
  • Wahlenbergia roxburghii
  • Watsonia distans
  • Weinmannia spiraeoides
  • Wendlandia angustifolia
  • Wikstoemia villosa
  • Wikstroemia skottsbergiana
  • Xanthostemon sebertii
  • Zamia monticola
  • Zanthoxylum leonis
  • Zeuktophyllum suppositum
  • Zeuxine boninensis

[edit] Extinct in the Wild Plants

  • Betula szaferi
  • Clermontia peleana
  • Commidendrum rotundifolium
  • Cosmos atrosanguineus
  • Corypha taliera
  • Cryosophila williamsii
  • Cyanea pinnatifida
  • Cyanea superba
  • Cyanea truncata
  • Cyrtandra waiolani
  • Encephalartos brevifoliolatus
  • Encephalartos nubimontanus
  • Encephalartos relictus
  • Encephalartos woodii
  • Erythroxylum echinodendron
  • Euphorbia mayurnathanii
  • Firmiana major
  • Franklinia alatamaha
  • Kokia cookei
  • Lysimachia minoricensis
  • Mammillaria glochidiata
  • Mammillaria guillauminiana
  • Mangifera casturi
  • Mangifera rubropetala
  • Rhododendron kanehirai
  • Sophora toromiro
  • Terminalia acuminata
  • Trochetiopsis erythroxylon

[edit] Plants previously thought extinct and subsequently rediscovered

[edit] References

  • The Evolution of Plants, by K. J. Willis, J. C. McElwain, Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN
  • Principles and Practice of Plant Conservation, by David R. Given, Timber Press, 1995. ISBN
  • Earth Witness Community Site [1] (accessed 19 October 2005)
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