List of Extinct in the Wild Plants

As of July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 37 extinct in the wild plant species. Surprisingly 7 of the 37 plants listed are Brugmansia which only highlights the importance of Ex-Situ conservation programs and the importance of the work we are carrying out at Exotic Earth Plants to grow a collection of this species. All seven species are extinct in the wild, although they are popular ornamental plants and still exist wild in other areas as an introduced species.

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37 Extinct in the Wild Plant Species

• Betula szaferi

• Brugmansia arborea

• Brugmansia aurea

• Brugmansia insignis

• Brugmansia sanguinea

• Brugmansia suaveolens

• Brugmansia versicolor

• Brugmansia vulcanicola

• Clermontia peleana, Pele clermontia

• Cyanea pinnatifida

• Cyanea superba, Superb cyanea

• Cyanea truncata, Punaluu cyanea

• Cyrtandra waiolani, Fuzzyflower cyrtandra

• Erythroxylum echinodendron

• Euphorbia mayurnathanii

• Firmiana major

• Franklinia alatamaha, Franklin tree

• Kokia cookei, Cooke's kokio

• Lachanodes arborea, She cabbage tree

• Lysimachia minoricensis

• Mangifera casturi, Kalimantan mango

• Mangifera rubropetala

• Nymphaea thermarum

• Rhododendron kanehirai

• Senecio leucopeplus

• Sophora toromiro, Toromiro

• Terminalia acuminata

• Trochetiopsis erythroxylon, St Helena redwood