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        1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants

        Globally threatened vascular plants: IUCN category by country

        Country

        Ex

        Ex/E

        E

        V

        R

        I

        Total no. threatened 1

        No. species

        % threatened

        Afghanistan

           

        1

        1

        2

         

        4

        4,000

        0.1

        Albania

        1

        3

        1

         

        73

        2

        79

        3,031

        2.6

        Algeria

           

        31

        22

        80

        8

        141

        3,164

        4.5

        American Samoa

             

        1

        8

         

        9

        471

        1.9

        Angola

             

        2

        13

        15

        30

        5,185

        0.6

        Antigua & Barbuda

           

        1

         

        2

         

        3

        845

        0.4

        Argentina

        3

         

        61

        31

        136

        19

        247

        9,372

        2.6

        Armenia

                 

        31

        31

           

        Australia

        71

         

        246

        630

        1,366

        3

        2,245

        15,638

        14.4

        Austria

        1

         

        1

        1

        20

        1

        23

        3,100

        0.7

        Azerbaijan

         

        1

        1

         

        2

        24

        28

           

        Bahamas

         

        2

         

        2

        4

        23

        31

        1,111

        2.8

        Bangladesh

         

        1

         

        21

        1

        1

        24

        5,000

        0.5

        Barbados

           

        2

             

        2

        572

        0.3

        Belarus

                 

        1

        1

           

        Belgium

         

        1

        1

             

        2

        1,550

        0.1

        Belize

           

        5

        9

        37

        6

        57

        2,894

        2

        Benin

             

        2

        1

        1

        4

        2,201

        0.2

        Bermuda

        3

         

        5

         

        5

         

        10

        167

        6

        Bhutan

         

        1

        1

        6

        10

        5

        23

        5,468

        0.4

        Bolivia

        1

         

        90

        38

        88

        11

        227

        17,367

        1.3

        Bosnia and Herzegovina

        1

           

        3

        59

        2

        64

           

        Botswana

               

        6

        1

        7

        2,151

        0.3

        Brazil

        5

        10

        406

        280

        596

        66

        1,358

        56,215

        2.4

        British Indian Ocean Ter.

                 

        1

        1

        101

        1

        Brunei Darussalam

             

        11

        6

        8

        25

        6,000

        0.4

        Bulgaria

         

        1

        1

        14

        84

        6

        106

        3,572

        3

        CIS 2

        5

         

        16

        17

        158

        18

        209

        22,281

        0.9

        Cambodia

           

        1

        4

           

        5

           

        Cameroon

           

        2

        34

        17

        36

        89

        8,260

        1.1

        Canada

        2

        3

        58

        110

        106

        1

        278

        3,270

        8.5

        Cape Verde

             

        1

           

        1

        774

        0.1

        Cayman Islands

         

        1

        6

        2

        2

        2

        13

        539

        2.4

        Central African Republic

                 

        1

        1

        3,602

        0

        Chad

               

        12

         

        12

        1,600

        0.8

        Chile

        6

        1

        102

        107

        107

        12

        329

        5,284

        6.2

        China

        2

        1

        86

        108

        102

        15

        312

        32,200

        1

        Christmas Island

         

        1

        1

        2

        10

        1

        15

           

        Colombia

        3

        1

        208

        137

        294

        72

        712

        51,220

        1.4

        Comoros

           

        2

        1

         

        1

        4

        721

        0.6

        Congo

             

        1

        2

         

        3

        6,000

        0.1

        Cook Islands

           

        9

        2

         

        1

        12

        284

        4.2

        Costa Rica

        2

        3

        103

        179

        217

        25

        527

        12,119

        4.3

        Côte d'Ivoire

        2

         

        14

        56

        9

        15

        94

        3,660

        2.6

        Croatia

             

        2

        4

         

        6

           

        Cuba

        23

         

        330

        319

        163

        76

        888

        6,522

        13.6

        Cyprus

           

        9

        13

        23

        6

        51

        1,682

        3

        Czech Republic

        2

         

        3

        7

        13

        13

        81

        Denmark

               

        2

         

        2

        1,450

        0.1

        Djibouti

           

        1

           

        1

        2

        641

        0.3

        Dominica

           

        6

        4

        26

        21

        57

        1,228

        4.6

        Dominican Republic

           

        27

        17

        45

        47

        136

        5,657

        2.4

        Ecuador

        4

         

        121

        214

        439

        50

        824

        19,362

        4.3

        Egypt

        2

         

        19

        8

        45

        10

        82

        2,076

        3.9

        El Salvador

           

        7

        12

        18

        5

        42

        2,911

        1.4

        Equatorial Guinea

             

        3

        8

         

        11

        3,250

        0.3

        Estonia

           

        1

           

        1

        2

           

        Ethiopia

         

        3

        69

        31

        46

        14

        163

        6,603

        2.5

        Falkland Islands

           

        2

         

        4

         

        6

        165

        3.6

        Fiji

         

        7

        18

        25

        22

        2

        74

        1,518

        4.9

        Finland

             

        1

        4

        1

        6

        1,102

        0.5

        France

        7

        3

        21

        81

        83

        7

        195

        4,630

        4.2

        French Guiana

         

        1

        15

        15

        67

         

        98

        5,625

        1.7

        French Polynesia

        12

         

        45

        27

        46

        69

        187

        959

        19.5

        Gabon

             

        6

        40

        45

        91

        6,651

        1.4

        Gambia

               

        1

         

        1

        974

        0.1

        Georgia

               

        2

        27

        29

           

        Germany

        3

         

        3

        2

        5

        4

        14

        2,682

        0.5

        Ghana

         

        1

        30

        63

        5

        4

        103

        3,725

        2.8

        Gibraltar

             

        3

        1

         

        4

           

        Greece

        6

        1

        28

        80

        430

        32

        571

        4,992

        11.4

        Greenland

             

        1

        4

         

        5

        529

        0.9

        Grenada

           

        1

        1

        6

         

        8

        1,068

        0.7

        Guadeloupe

           

        5

        5

        13

        3

        26

        1,400

        1.9

        Guam

           

        7

        2

        4

        5

        18

        330

        5.5

        Guatemala

         

        4

        42

        74

        165

        70

        355

        8,681

        4.1

        Guinea

             

        12

        25

        2

        39

        3,000

        1.3

        Guyana

           

        27

        26

        99

         

        152

        6,409

        2.4

        Haiti

         

        1

        29

        12

        35

        23

        100

        5,242

        1.9

        Honduras

        1

        2

        16

        23

        40

        15

        96

        5,680

        1.7

        Hong Kong

           

        2

        1

        5

        1

        9

        1,984

        0.5

        Hungary

           

        3

        7

        16

        4

        30

        2,214

        1.4

        Iceland

               

        1

         

        1

        377

        0.3

        India

        19

        41

        152

        102

        251

        690

        1,236

        16,000

        7.7

        Indonesia

        1

        4

        24

        73

        102

        61

        264

        29,375

        0.9

        Iran

               

        2

         

        2

        8,000

        0

        Ireland

               

        1

         

        1

        950

        0.1

        Israel

         

        2

        7

        7

        13

        3

        32

        2,317

        1.4

        Italy

        1

         

        29

        80

        190

        12

        311

        5,599

        5.6

        Jamaica

           

        142

        220

        334

        48

        744

        3,308

        22.5

        Japan

        5

        3

        63

        171

        435

        35

        707

        5,565

        12.7

        Jordan

           

        1

        1

        6

        1

        9

        2,100

        0.4

        Kazakhstan

         

        6

           

        30

        35

        71

           

        Kenya

         

        3

        31

        79

        97

        30

        240

        6,506

        3.7

        Kyrgyzstan

             

        1

        5

        28

        34

           

        Laos

               

        2

         

        2

           

        Lebanon

        1

         

        2

         

        1

        2

        5

        3,000

        0.2

        Lesotho

           

        1

        2

        14

        4

        21

        1,591

        1.3

        Liberia

           

        3

        20

         

        2

        25

        2,200

        1.1

        Libya

           

        4

        18

        30

        5

        57

        1,825

        3.1

        Liechtenstein

           

        1

         

        1

        1

        3

        1,410

        0.2

        Lithuania

        1

               

        1

        1

           

        Luxembourg

           

        1

             

        1

        1,246

        0.1

        Madagascar

         

        19

        91

        57

        85

        54

        306

        9,505

        3.2

        Malawi

           

        1

        3

        54

        3

        61

        3,765

        1.6

        Malaysia

        3

        3

        84

        146

        144

        113

        490

        15,500

        3.2

        Mali

           

        2

        1

        11

        1

        15

        1,741

        0.9

        Malta

        1

           

        1

        10

        4

        15

        914

        1.6

        Martinique

         

        4

        8

        7

        19

        6

        44

        1,287

        3.4

        Mauritania

               

        3

         

        3

        1,100

        0.3

        Mauritius

        47

        6

        118

        72

        96

        2

        294

        750

        39.2

        Mexico

        11

        5

        234

        443

        801

        110

        1,593

        26,071

        6.1

        Micronesia

           

        1

        1

        1

        1

        4

        1,194

        0.3

        Moldova

               

        2

        3

        5

           

        Mongolia

                   

        0

        2,272

        0

        Montserrat

           

        1

         

        1

         

        2

        671

        0.3

        Morocco

        1

         

        3

        3

        157

        23

        186

        3,675

        5.1

        Mozambique

           

        5

        8

        58

        18

        89

        5,692

        1.6

        Myanmar

           

        3

        7

        14

        8

        32

        7,000

        0.5

        Namibia

           

        4

        5

        56

        10

        75

        3,174

        2.4

        Nepal

           

        2

        5

        10

        3

        20

        6,973

        0.3

        Netherlands

             

        1

           

        1

        1,221

        0.1

        Netherlands Antilles

           

        1

         

        1

         

        2

           

        New Caledonia

        5

        5

        160

        214

        91

        10

        480

        3,322

        14.4

        New Zealand

        7

         

        42

        42

        115

        12

        211

        2,382

        8.9

        Nicaragua

         

        2

        19

        32

        37

        8

        98

        7,590

        1.3

        Nigeria

           

        18

        16

        1

        2

        37

        4,715

        0.8

        Niue

             

        1

           

        1

        178

        0.6

        Norfolk Island

        2

         

        11

        7

        21

        1

        40

           

        North Korea

               

        4

         

        4

        2,898

        0.1

        Northern Mariana Islands

           

        5

        1

        2

        3

        11

        315

        3.5

        Norway

             

        3

        9

         

        12

        1,715

        0.7

        Oman

           

        2

        13

        1

        14

        30

        1,204

        2.5

        Pakistan

        2

         

        2

        2

        5

        5

        14

        4,950

        0.3

        Panama

           

        602

        420

        217

        63

        1,302

        9,915

        13.1

        Papua New Guinea

           

        2

        9

        58

        23

        92

        11,544

        0.8

        Paraguay

           

        21

        25

        79

        4

        129

        7,851

        1.6

        Peru

        3

        4

        354

        218

        290

        40

        906

        18,245

        5

        Philippines

         

        4

        5

        60

        47

        244

        360

        8,931

        4

        Pitcairn

           

        2

        11

         

        1

        14

        76

        18.4

        Poland

        1

        1

        1

        10

        10

        5

        27

        2,450

        1.1

        Portugal

        2

         

        46

        113

        98

        12

        269

        5,050

        5.3

        Puerto Rico

         

        4

        97

        71

        40

        11

        223

        2,493

        8.9

        Réunion

        6

        1

        29

        40

        24

        5

        99

        546

        18.1

        Romania

           

        11

        14

        67

        7

        99

        3,400

        2.9

        Russian Federation 2

        1

        3

        3

        18

        96

        94

        214

           

        St. Vincent & Grenadines

           

        3

         

        5

        1

        9

        1,166

        0.8

        São Tomé & Príncipe

         

        1

         

        1

        1

         

        3

        895

        0.3

        Saudi Arabia

             

        5

        1

        1

        7

        2,028

        0.3

        Senegal

               

        28

        3

        31

        2,086

        1.5

        Seychelles

         

        5

        21

        30

        11

        11

        78

        250

        31.2

        Sierra Leone

           

        2

        15

        11

        1

        29

        2,090

        1.4

        Singapore

        1

         

        4

        7

        8

        10

        29

        2,168

        1.3

        Slovakia

        1

         

        1

        17

        18

        29

        65

        Slovenia

             

        2

        11

         

        13

           

        Solomon Islands

             

        3

        33

        6

        42

        3,172

        1.3

        Somalia

           

        7

        23

        58

        15

        103

        3,028

        3.4

        South Africa

        53

         

        226

        368

        1,264

        357

        2,215

        23,420

        9.5

        South Korea

        1

         

        9

        2

        55

         

        66

        2,898

        2.3

        Spain

        3

        3

        185

        272

        484

        41

        985

        5,050

        19.5

        Sri Lanka

        1

        1

        69

        68

        81

        236

        455

        3,314

        13.7

        St Kitts & Nevis

           

        3

         

        1

         

        4

        659

        0.6

        St Lucia

           

        5

         

        1

         

        6

        1,028

        0.6

        St. Helena

        11

        3

        22

        2

        27

        14

        68

        165

        41.2

        St. Pierre & Miquelon

             

        2

        2

        1

        5

           

        Sudan

           

        1

        3

        1

        5

        10

        3,137

        0.3

        Suriname

           

        13

        10

        79

        1

        103

        5,018

        2.1

        Swaziland

         

        1

        9

        9

        17

        6

        42

        2,715

        1.5

        Sweden

             

        3

        10

         

        13

        1,750

        0.7

        Switzerland

        1

         

        4

         

        21

        5

        30

        3,030

        1

        Syria

        2

         

        5

         

        3

         

        8

        3,000

        0.3

        Taiwan

           

        19

        32

        251

        23

        325

        3,568

        9.1

        Tajikistan

        1

        3

           

        2

        45

        50

           

        Tanzania

        1

         

        14

        63

        103

        256

        436

        10,008

        4.4

        Thailand

           

        27

        21

        33

        304

        385

        11,625

        3.3

        Togo

             

        4

           

        4

        2,201

        0.2

        Tonga

             

        1

        1

         

        2

        463

        0.4

        Trinidad & Tobago

           

        2

        3

        5

        11

        21

        2,259

        0.9

        Tunisia

           

        1

         

        18

        5

        24

        2,196

        1.1

        Turkey

        10

        1

        47

        167

        1,608

        53

        1,876

        8,650

        21.7

        Turkmenistan

         

        2

           

        1

        14

        17

           

        Turks & Caicos Islands

               

        2

         

        2

        448

        0.4

        USA

        22

        181

        1,178

        1,783

        1,495

        32

        4,669

        19,473

        24

        Uganda

           

        2

        8

        3

        2

        15

        5,406

        0.3

        Ukraine

         

        1

        7

        2

        14

        28

        52

           

        United Kingdom

        1

         

        1

        3

        14

         

        18

        1,623

        1.1

        Uruguay

           

        9

        2

        4

         

        15

        2,278

        0.7

        Uzbekistan

         

        3

           

        3

        35

        41

           

        Vanuatu

           

        3

        1

        20

        2

        26

        870

        3

        Venezuela

           

        135

        65

        212

        14

        426

        21,073

        2

        Viet Nam

         

        2

        6

        25

        301

        7

        341

        10,500

        3.2

        Virgin Islands (British)

           

        4

        3

        6

        1

        14

           

        Virgin Islands (U.S.)

         

        1

        10

        12

        15

        2

        40

           

        Western Samoa

               

        17

        1

        18

        737

        2.4

        Yemen

         

        1

        33

        28

        55

        32

        149

        1,650

        9

        Yugoslavia (former)2

        1

         

        1

        6

        143

        5

        155

        5,351

        2.9

        Zaire

           

        2

        5

        67

        4

        78

        11,007

        0.7

        Zambia

           

        2

         

        9

        1

        12

        4,747

        0.3

        Zimbabwe

           

        4

        11

        58

        27

        100

        4,440

        2.3

         

        1
        Total number threatened includes Ex/E, E, V, R and I, but excludes Ex.
        2
        Figures for the former USSR and former Yugoslavia have only been partially rationalised to bring them in line with current political boundaries.



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