eflorapantnagar

Threatened Taxa

Santalum album L. (Santalaceae)

Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde (Fabaceae)

Endemic and Threatened Species in Flora of Pantnagar

No narrow endemic species of flowering plant is known in the flora of Pantnagar. Any of the threatened species of India mentioned in the Red Data Book of Indian Plants (Nayar & Sastry, 1987-90) was not recorded in the area of Pantnagar.

However, a perusal of list of threatened flowering plants of India (at www.iucnredlist.org) indicates the following information:

1. Extinct (Ex) : 0

2. Extinct in Wild (EW) : 0

3. Regionally Extinct (RE) : 0

4. Critically Endangered (CR) : 0

5. Endangered (EN) : 0

6. Vulnerable (VU) : 02

7. Data Deficient (DD) : 01

8. Least Concern (LC) : 81

Santalum album L. (Santalaceae) and Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde (Fabaceae) are Vulnerable (VU) species but both are not native to this area and planted here.

Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae) is assessed as Data Deficient (DD) species but it is not known as a native element here, rather it is either planted or seedling escape of planted mango.

Number of Threatened Angiosperm Species of India

Listed in IUCN Redlist 2024-1

(Extracted from https://www.iucnredlist.org on 26 July, 2024)

Threat Categories and Number of Species

1- Extinct (EX) : 03

2- Extinct in Wild (EW): 02

3- Regionally Extinct (RE): 00

4- Critically Endangered (CR): 146

5- Endangered (EN): 261

6- Vulnerable (VU): 213

SPECIES IN THREATENED CATEGORIES (3+4+5+6): 620

7- Near Threatened (NT or LR/nt): 88

8- Lower Risk/ Conservation Dependent (LR/cd): 01

9- Data Deficient (DD): 280

10- Least Concern (LC or LR/lc): 2211

TOTAL SPECIES ASSESSED FOR THREAT CATEGORIES (1-10): 3205

Species Extinct (Ex)

Sterculia khasiana Debb. ex Biswas (Malvaceae)

Hopea shingkeng (Dunn) Bor (Dipterocarpaceae)

Limnophila limnophiloides (Blatt. & Hallb.) Karthik. & V.S.Kumar (Plantaginaceae)

Species Extinct in Wild (EW)

Corypha taliera Roxb. (Arecaceae)

Euphorbia mayurnathanii Croizat (Euphorbiaceae)