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        1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants

        Taxonomic analysis

        In the list, statistics are given for each family of the number of species listed as threatened (excluding extinct species). A total of 372 families out of an estimated 511 families of vascular plants (Brummitt, 1992) contain globally extinct and/or threatened species (see table below). Not surprisingly, the largest families contain the largest number of threatened species. Globally threatened taxa of vascular plants: IUCN categories by families and major taxa

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