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Prehistoric extinctions
- Further information: Paleobotany
Modern extinctions
- St. Helena Mountain Bush – Acalypha rubrinervis (1870, Saint Helena)
- Anogramma ascensionis (1958, Ascension Island)
- Usambara Mountain Tree – Anonidium usambarense (1910, Tanzania)
- Byttneria ivorensis (1896, Côte d'Ivoire)
- Ivory Coast Coffea Tree – Coffea lemblinii (1925, Côte d'Ivoire)
- Dryopteris ascensionis (1889, Ascension Island)
- Lake Latumba Erythrina – Erythrina schliebenii (1938, Tanzania)
- St. Helena Heliotrope – Heliotropium pannifolium (1808, Saint Helena)
- St. Helena Olive – Nesiota elliptica (2003, Saint Helena)
- Oldenlandia adscenionis (1889, Ascension Island)
- Camaroon Pausinystalia – Pausinystalia brachythyrsum (1746, Cameroon)
- Silphium — Ferula ? (c. 50, Cyrene)
- Sporobolus durus (1886, Ascension Island)
- St. Helena Ebony – Trochetiopsis melanoxylon (1771, Saint Helena)
- St. Joeseph's anatomy- "Tyranicius rastimolous" (1342, Saint Josephius)
- Galapagos Amaranth – Blutaparon rigidum (1999, Galápagos)
- Rio de Janeiro Myrtle – Campomanesia lundiana (1825, Brazil)
- Casearia quinduensis (1997, Colombia)
- Rio de Janeiro Sapota – Chrysophyllum januariense (1997, Brazil)
- Havana Fragrant Tree – Cnidoscolus fragrans (1840, Cuba)
- Santa Cruz Bryophyte – Flabellidium spinosum (1911, Bolivia)
- Cuban Ruta Tree – Galipea ossana (1825, Cuba)
- Rio de Janeiro Myrtle – Gomidesia cambessedeana (1825, Brazil)
- Cuban Guettarda Tree – Guettarda retusa (1975, Cuba)
- Cuban Holly – Ilex ternatiflora (1950, Cuba)
- Licania caldasiana (1997, Colombia)
- Mason River Myrtle – Myrcia skeldingii (1972, Jamaica)
- Hastings County Neomacounia – Neomacounia nitida (1864, Canada)
- Rio de Janeiro Pouteria – Pouteria stenophylla (1997, Brazil)
- Cajamarca Pradosia – Pradosia argentea (1820, Peru)
- Rio de Janeiro Pradosia – Pradosia glaziovii (1997, Brazil)
- Colombian Pradosia – Pradosia mutisii (1925, Colombia)
- Jamaican Psidium – Psidium dumetorum (1976, Jamaica)
- Juan Fernandez Santalum – Santalum fernandezianum (1908, Chile)
- Adiantum lianxianense (Guangdong, China)
- Sri Lanka Legume Tree – Crudia zeylanica (1990, Sri Lanka)
- Kerala Legume Tree – Cynometra beddomei (1870, India)
- Sumatra Dipterocarpus – Dipterocarpus cinereus (1996, Sumatera, Indonesia)
- Arunchal Hopea Tree – Hopea shingkeng (1996, India)
- Nilgiri Holly – Ilex gardneriana (1859, India)
- Karnataka Sapota – Madhuca insignis (1900, India)
- Hainan Ormosia – Ormosia huminy huminy howii (1997, Southern China)
- Hainan Otophora – Otophora unilocularis (1935, Hainan, China)
- Pluchea glutinosa (19th Century, Yemen)
- Psiadia schweinfurthii (19th Century, Yemen)
- Sarawak Shorea – Shorea cuspidata (1996, Malaysia)
- Meghalaya Sterculia – Sterculia khasiana (1877, India)
- Muthukuzki Syzygium – Syzygium gambleanum (1997, India)
- Valerianella affinis (19th century, Yemen)
- Courtallum Wendlandia – Wendlandia angustifolia (1997, India)
- Woolly-stalked Begonia - Begonia eiromischa (20th century, Penang, Malaysia)
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- See also: List of extinct flora of Australia
- Hawaii Chaff Flower – Achyranthes atollensis (1964, Hawaiian Is.)
- Argyroxiphium virescens (1996, Hawaiian Is.)
- Casearia tinifolia (1976, Mauritius)
- Clermontia multiflora (1871, Hawaiian Is.)
- New Calodonia Sapinda – Cupaniopsis crassivalvis (1869, New Caledonia)
- Haleakala Cyanea Tree – Cyanea arborea (1928, Hawaiian Is.)
- Cyanea comata (late 1800s, Hawaiian Is.)
- Cyanea cylindrocalyx (1909, Hawaiian Is.)
- Cyanea dolichopoda (1990, Hawaiian Is.)
- Giffard's Cyanea Tree – Cyanea giffardii (1917, Hawaiian Is.)
- Mark's Cyanea Tree – Cyanea marksii (1900, Hawaiian Is.)
- Pohaku Cyanea Tree – Cyanea pohaku (1910, Hawaiian Is.)
- Kohala Cyanea Tree – Cyanea pycnocarpa (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
- Oak-leaved Cyanea Tree – Cyanea quercifolia (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
- Dracaena umbraculifera (Mauritius)
- Taravai Aster Tree – Fitchia mangarevensis (1997, Taravai, French Polynesia)
- Moorea Laurel – Hernandia drakeana (1997, French Polynesia)
- Kawaihae Hibiscadelphus – Hibiscadelphus bombycinus (1868, Hawaiian Is.)
- Puhielelu Hibiscadelphus – Hibiscadelphus crucibracteatus (1981, Hawaiian Is.)
- Auwahi Hibiscadelphus – Hibiscadelphus wilderianus (1910, Hawaiian Is.)
- Oahu Kokia – Kokia lanceolata (1888, Hawaiian Is.)
- Cross-bearing Pelea – Melicope cruciata (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
- Maui Ruta Tree – Melicope haleakalae (1919, Hawaiian Is.)
- Obovate Melicope – Melicope obovata (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
- Lihue Ruta Tree – Melicope paniculata (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
- Nuku Hiva Neisosperma – Neisosperma brownii (1997, French Polynesia)
- Fatu Hiva Ochrosia – Ochrosia fatuhivensis (1997, French Polynesia)
- Nuku Hiva Ochrosia – Ochrosia nukuhivensis (1997, French Polynesia)
- Tahiti Ochrosia – Ochrosia tahitensis (1997, French Polynesia)
- Hawaii Ruta Tree – Pelea obovata (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
- Koé Stenocarpus – Stenocarpus dumbeensis (1905, New Caledonia)
- Norfolk Island Streblorrhiza – Streblorrhiza speciosa (1997, Norfolk Island)
- Fijian Weinmannia – Weinmannia spiraeoides (1840, Fiji)
- Skottsberg's Wikstroemia – Wikstroemia skottsbergiana (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
- Hakeakala Wikstroemia – Wikstoemia villosa (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
- Prony Bay Xanthostemon – Xanthostemon sebertii (1869, New Caledonia)
Extinct in the Wild Plants
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Plants previously thought extinct and subsequently rediscovered
See Lazarus species
Extinct Algae
See also
References
- The Evolution of Plants, by K. J. Willis, J. C. McElwain, Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0198500653
- Principles and Practice of Plant Conservation, by David R. Given, Timber Press, 1995. ISBN 0881922498
- Earth Witness Community Site [1] (accessed 19 October 2005)
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