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List of least concern plants

As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 6645 least concern plant species. 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

Bryophytes

There are 14 bryophyte species assessed as least concern.

Mosses

Liverworts

Pteridophytes

There are 113 species, three subspecies, and one variety of pteridophyte assessed as least concern.

Leptosporangiate ferns

There are 78 species, three subspecies, and one variety in the class Polypodiopsida assessed as least concern.

Polypodiales

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Hymenophyllales

Cyatheales

Salviniales

Schizaeales

Osmundales

Isoetopsida

Lycopodiopsida

Psilotopsida

Horsetails

Gymnosperms

There are 419 species, 34 subspecies, and 66 varieties of gymnosperm assessed as least concern.

Cycads

Species

Subspecies

Conifers

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Gnetopsida

There are 76 species in the class Gnetopsida assessed as least concern.

Gnetales

Ephedrales

Dicotyledons

There are 4104 species, 86 subspecies, and 44 varieties of dicotyledon assessed as least concern.

Piperales

Campanulales

There are 25 species and four subspecies in Campanulales assessed as least concern.

Campanulaceae

Species

Subspecies

Goodeniaceae

Malvales

Dipterocarpaceae

Species

Subspecies

Malvaceae

Species

Varieties

Sarcolaenaceae

Sphaerosepalaceae

Thymelaeaceae

Other Malvales species

Species

Geraniales

Species

Subspecies

Santalales

Dipsacales

Plumbaginales

Violales

Species

Subspecies

Laurales

There are 37 species and one subspecies in the order Laurales assessed as least concern.

Lauraceae

Other Laurales

Species

Subspecies

Cucurbitales

Celastrales

There are 22 species, one subspecies, and one variety in the order Celastrales assessed as least concern.

Celastraceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Other Celastrales species

Aquifoliales

Species

Myrtales

There are 149 species in the order Myrtales assessed as least concern.

Myrtaceae

Melastomataceae

Combretaceae

Water caltrops

Lythraceae

Onagraceae

Sapindales

There are 96 species, three subspecies, and four varieties in the order Sapindales assessed as least concern.

Rutaceae

Species

Varieties

Francoaceae

Sapindaceae

Species

Varieties

Zygophyllaceae

Anacardiaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Meliaceae

Simaroubaceae

Species

Subspecies

Burseraceae

Species

Subspecies

Irvingiaceae

Asterales

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Magnoliales

There are 118 species, 19 subspecies, and six varieties in the order Magnoliales assessed as least concern.

Magnoliaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Annonaceae

Species

Subspecies

Myristicaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Brassicales

There are 45 species assessed as least concern.

Capparaceae

Cruciferae

Resedaceae

Other Brassicales species

Apiales

There are 74 species and two subspecies in the order Apiales assessed as least concern.

Araliaceae

Species

Subspecies

Umbelliferae

Gentianales

Apocynaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Asclepiadaceae

Gentianaceae

Loganiaceae

Rubiaceae

Species

Subspecies

Rosales

There are 89 species, one subspecies, and four varieties in the order Rosales assessed as least concern.

Pittosporaceae

Cunoniaceae

Species

Varieties

Rosaceae

Species

Subspecies

Crassulaceae

Urticaceae

Species

Varieties

Ulmaceae

Cecropiaceae

Moraceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Other Rosales species and varieties

Saxifragales

Saxifragaceae

Other Saxifragales species

Vitales

Cornales

Species

Varieties

Solanales

There are 48 species, one subspecies, and one variety in the order Solanales assessed as least concern.

Solanaceae

Species

Subspecies

Convolvulaceae

Species

Varieties

Menyanthaceae

Hydrophyllaceae

Polemoniaceae

Lamiales

Acanthaceae

Species

Subspecies

Avicenniaceae

Bignoniaceae

Species

Subspecies

Gesneriaceae

Lamiaceae

Species

Subspecies

Lentibulariaceae

Linderniaceae

Oleaceae

Pedaliaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Verbenaceae

Other Lamiales species

Boraginales

Boraginaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Cordiaceae

Other Boraginales species

Dilleniales

Ranunculales

There are 51 species and one subspecies in the order Ranunculales assessed as least concern.

Berberidaceae

Menispermaceae

Ranunculaceae

Species

Subspecies

Plantaginales

Ericales

Actinidiaceae

Clethraceae

Cyrillaceae

Ebenaceae

Ericaceae

Species

Varieties

Lecythidaceae

Pentaphylacaceae

Polemoniaceae

Primulaceae

There are 37 species and two varieties in Primulaceae assessed as least concern.

Species

Varieties

Sapotaceae

Species

Subspecies

Sarraceniaceae

Species

Subspecies

Styracaceae

Symplocaceae

Theaceae

Other Ericales species

Podostemales

Malpighiales

Calophyllaceae

Chrysobalanaceae

Clusiaceae

Elatinaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Hypericaceae

Malpighiaceae

Ochnaceae

Phyllanthaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Rhizophoraceae

Salicaceae

Other Malpighiales species

Fabales

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Caryophyllales

There are 928 species and two subspecies in the order Caryophyllales assessed as least concern.

Aizoaceae

Amaranthaceae

Species

Subspecies

Cactus species

Caryophyllaceae

Chenopodiaceae

Didiereaceae

Droseraceae

Molluginaceae

Species

Subspecies

Nepenthaceae

Nyctaginaceae

Polygonaceae

Portulacaceae

Other Caryophyllales species

Fagales

Betulaceae

Species

Subspecies

Varieties

Fagaceae

Juglandaceae

Nothofagaceae

Callitrichales

Salicales

Haloragales

Haloragaceae

Nymphaeales

Other dicotyledons

Species

Varieties

Monocotyledons

There are 1983 species, eight subspecies, and seven varieties of monocotyledon assessed as least concern.

Arecales

Species

Varieties

Orchidales

There are 261 species in Orchidales assessed as least concern.

Orchidaceae

Burmanniaceae

Cyclanthales

Pandanales

Bromeliales

Species

Varieties

Liliales

Colchicaceae

Aloaceae

Species

Subspecies

Liliaceae

Hyacinthaceae

Species

Subspecies

Asphodelaceae

Alliaceae

Anthericaceae

Eriospermaceae

Pontederiaceae

Other Liliales species

Species

Subspecies

Asparagales

Amaryllidaceae

Species

Subspecies

Iridaceae

Other Asparagales species

Dioscoreales

Dioscoreaceae

Arales

There are 103 species and one subspecies in Arales assessed as least concern.

Araceae

Species

Subspecies

Lemnaceae

Acoraceae

Zingiberales

There are 67 species and two varieties in the order Zingiberales assessed as least concern.

Costaceae

Zingiberaceae

Species

Varieties

Other Zingiberales species

Eriocaulales

Species

Varieties

Commelinales

There are 39 species in the order Commelinales assessed as least concern.

Xyridaceae

Commelinaceae

Cyperales

There are 825 species and two varieties in Cyperales assessed as least concern.

Gramineae

Species

Varieties

Cyperaceae

Alismatales

There are 27 species in the order Alismatales assessed as least concern.

Alismataceae

Butomaceae

Hydrocharitaceae

Limnocharitaceae

Potamogetonaceae

Najadales

There are 96 species in Najadales assessed as least concern.

Zosteraceae

Aponogetonaceae

Posidoniaceae

Potamogetonaceae

Cymodoceaceae

Scheuchzeriaceae

Juncaginaceae

Juncales

Species

Subspecies

Hydrocharitales

Restionales

Typhales

Hydatellales

See also

Notes

References